Nine-year-old injured when car hits wall on Route 60; two others hurt in Haifa accident

African nation, which has much lower infection rates than much of Europe, says countries must not be punished for scientific research into mutations; WHO also rejects travel bans

With younger people increasingly coming in for treatment with more serious cases of COVID, doctors fear health systems could become overwhelmed

Arrivals must also quarantine for 10 days even if fully vaccinated, nation says, as world scrambles to respond to new concerning variant

Discoveries follow suspected case in Belgium, as Europe introduces travel restrictions to curb spread of new COVID strain suspected to be highly contagious

Cyber assault on Iranian fuel system was followed by hack of Israeli LGBTQ dating site, pointing to new trend of attacks against soft targets, New York Times reports

Home Front Command races to cut off infection chains after first case located; hundreds of travelers recently returned from high-risk countries; cabinet to debate closing to travel

Tablet developed by Merck known as molnupiravir found to halve rate of hospitalizations and deaths in high-risk Covid patients; not recommended for pregnant women