A Democratic New York City Councilman says hydroxychloroquine saved his life after a near-fatal run-in with COVID-19 in March, reports the New York Post.Paul Vallone, who represents northeast Queens, took the drug along with a standard Z-pack, given for bacterial infections, "and came back from the brink almost immediately."

A new NPR report suggests the global response to COVID-19 may have been reached In a flawed premise.The evidence comes from tests that detect antibodies to the coronavirus in a person's blood rather than the virus itself.The tests are finding large numbers of people in the U.S. who were infected but never became seriously ill. And when these mild infections are included in coronavirus statistics, the virus appears less dangerous."The current best estimates for the infection fatality risk are between 0.5% and 1%," says Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security epidemiologist Caitlin Rivers.

Galei Tzahal reports that a court has sentenced a Gazan terrorist to eleven years in prison, following a plea bargain.The terrorist had attempted to murder IDF soldiers in Gaza two years ago.

Arab man who assaulted Israeli woman in Samaria last week apprehended.

Proposed law would require ministers to have completed high school or religious school equivalent - barring Lapid from becoming minister.

The residency status of relatives of the Armon Hanetziv attacker who killed four soldiers in 2017 and wounded 18 others in a car bomb attack in Jerusalem will not be revoked, according to a decision by the Court of Appeals in the city taken last week and published in Israel Hayom newspaper.

The Likud party responded to Blue and White Chairman Benny Gantz: "Instead of coming to the government and approving a budget of NIS 8.5 billion for the citizens of Israel, Benny Gantz didn't want to come to school today again."Gantz, the citizens of Israel come first of all approve the budget today."

Blue and White leader tells his party the Inly people in Israel who want new elections are Netanyahu and Lapid.