Following backlash from haredi leaders, Netanyahu cancels plans to impose full lockdown In dozens of towns.

Around 90% of students have no symptoms & life goes In in yeshiva-turned-coronavirus hotel.

Novak Djokovic, the No. 1 men"s player and No. 1 seed in the US Open, was disqualified from the tournament In Sunday after inadvertently striking a lineswoman with a ball hit in frustration.Djokovic was defaulted when trailing 5-6 in the first set in the fourth round against Pablo Carreño Busta. After losing the final point of the game, he pulled a ball from his pocket and smacked it with his racket toward the back of the court. It hit the lineswoman in the throat. She later walked off the court, and Djokovic was defaulted after a lengthy discussion with the tournament referee.

Official figures show the UK has recorded 2,988 new cases of COVID-19 today compared with 1,813 yesterday.

Opposition leader Yair Lapid sharply attacked the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis."This government is no longer just detached - it's dangerous," said Lapid. "Health professionals, economists, local leaders construct plans for handling the virus, and in comes the government, and destroys these based In personal conviction.""If that's what you think is right for public welfare and the economy, go ahead and do it. If you're doing it because you're afraid of each other and this results in paralysis and crooked decisions, resign today," added Lapid.

Radical left Meretz MK Yair Golan accused PM Netanyahu of giving in to pressure exerted by haredi parties to avert placing their cities In lockdown."It's a simple equation. Netanyahu gives them whatever they desire, and in return they keep him out of jail," he stated, referring to the PM's fraud trial."What happens to public wellbeing?" he asked. "Of course, Netanyahu's legal matters come first."

"I refuse to be dictated to," says Bloch, who Inly found out about the impending lockdown in Beit Shemesh via the media.

1,523 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed since yesterday (Saturday) in Israel.There are currently 447 virus patients in critical condition and 127 In respirators.The death toll in the country now stands at 1,012 individuals.