Monthly Archives: June 2020

Opening doors safely without a key

Posted on June 28, 2020

Israel’s Cobra Group (L.D. Israel Auto Equipment) has launched DOORe, a smart-lock home entrance security system that eliminates the need for house keys. The homeowner uses an app, and previously scanned fingerprints, to authorize anyone to open the front door … Continue reading →

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Another voice app to detect Covid-19

Posted on June 28, 2020

Israel’s Afeka Tel Aviv Academic College of Engineering has teamed up with Milan University and Cambridge University to build the Afeka app. It compares a few sentences and coughs with templates for positive and negative coronavirus patients to identify infected … Continue reading →

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Three new female IAF pilots

Posted on June 28, 2020

On 25th June, of the 600 original Israeli Air Force cadets that started the 180th flight course, just forty, including three women, received their wings. Mordechai Raflowitz, a Holocaust survivor and ex-Irgun fighter, was present to see his granddaughter graduate. … Continue reading →

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Syrian baby has successful heart op

Posted on June 28, 2020

As reported here previously, a Syrian baby was flown from Cyprus to Israel’s Sheba Medical Center for surgeons to reconstruct the missing left side of his heart. His first emergency operation was a success and he will return to Israel … Continue reading →

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Israel21c Digital Ambassador campaigns

Posted on June 28, 2020

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Israel21c’s digital ambassadors have been preparing excellent campaigns to promote Israel. They presented these at a Zoom seminar. The winner was Yalla on a Budget, closely followed by Ve Love (vegan) Israel and Celebrities in Israel. … Continue reading →

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Wheelchairs for Ecuador

Posted on June 28, 2020

In addition to food and protective equipment (see previous report here), the Israeli Embassy in Quito, Ecuador has donated a shipment of wheelchairs to the capital’s mayor. The wheelchairs will contribute to the recovery of patients with Covid-19 in the … Continue reading →

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Free Internet for 9 Bedouin councils

Posted on June 28, 2020

The Israeli government is investing NIS 16 million to bring Bedouins online. It follows a 2017 project in the Arara council which was a resounding success. The decision to expand the project was taken by Israel’s President and partly funded … Continue reading →

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Free coronavirus web app to connect volunteers

Posted on June 28, 2020

Israeli website builder Wix is offering a free web app to governments around the world. The COVID-19 Volunteer Call System connects volunteers to citizens in need of assistance with tasks from essential deliveries to home services. It is already in … Continue reading →

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More volunteers helping the housebound

Posted on June 28, 2020

Israeli organization Door2Dor has developed an app that connects the younger generation (Hebrew “Dor”) to the elderly. Door2Dor’s volunteers help the housebound during the coronavirus pandemic by delivering food, medicines and supplies right to their door. (see similar articles) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5akank5_WE

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World’s first passive immunization

Posted on June 28, 2020

Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital is cautiously optimistic after the world’s first passive immunization of a critically ill coronavirus patient. After an injection of Kamada’s IgG antibody product (see here), a CT-scan of the lungs showed some improvement and doctors are hopeful … Continue reading →

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