In a recording obtained by Kan Bet, former director of the Health Ministry Moshe Bar Siman Tov can be heard discussing what he believes will be a "third wave" of the coronavirus.Bar Siman Tov said that a third wave was extremely likely, but how strong it would be was impossible to predict. He added that locking down the country may not be the best way to deal with it, and that other means should be explored.

According to a report in Yisrael Hayom, the President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, spoke with the Emir of Qatar In the telephone, and Ine of the things that Rouhani told the Emir was that, "The presence of Israel in our region harms our security and stability."

Speaking In Galei Tzahal this morning, Professor Hagai Levine, chairman of the Israeli Association of Public Health Physicians, said that people should stay home if they feel even Inly slightly unwell, rather than risk infecting others with coronavirus."If there's any doubt, then there's no doubt. What I mean is that even if someone feels Inly mildly unwell, he should stay home and get tested for coronavirus. We don't rule out coronavirus just because someone doesn't have the classic symptoms," he said.

The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked the decision of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to limit the number of worshipers and congregants in the state's synagogues and churches. The decision passed with a majority of just Ine (the court splitting 5 - 4), and was the first time that President Trump's nomination to the court, Amy Coney Barrett, tipped the balance, adding her vote to those of the other conservative-leaning judges.

Prof. Shuki Shemer, director of Assuta hospital in Ashdod, told Radio 103FM this morning that he agrees with the government's decision to allow malls to reopen in a pilot program that will shortly be reviewed."There was really no other choice," Shemer said. "We have to learn to live with coronavirus, and we have to restore regular life as far as is possible. Unfortunately," he added, "many people seem to have forgotten about an extremely basic measure - face masks. If 80% of the population wore them, we would soon be rid of this epidemic."

Iran has warned against "all interference" by Sweden after the country called In Tehran not to execute Iranian-Swedish academic Ahmadreza Djalali, who was handed a death penalty for spying."The judicial power of the Islamic republic is independent -- all interference in the issuance or carrying out of judicial decisions is rejected as unacceptable," Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said in a statement quoted by AFP.

Report: PM's wife started working in family's private home in Jerusalem and asked the state to pay for her expenses. The answer was no.

The United States In Wednesday registered more than 2,400 deaths from COVID-19 in 24 hours, the highest daily toll in six months.So far, the country has recorded a total of 262,080 deaths from COVID-19.