Israel

Eli Levin, who works on economic affairs and innovation for the Consulate General of Israel to New England, discusses how the war in Israel has affected digital health and technology.

Trained and tested on roughly 100,000 RT-PCR records collected by the Israeli Ministry of Health, the algorithm looks at eight different features, including self-reported symptoms and age, to make its predictions.

The funding will support NanoVation in developing a device which targets patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

The proceeds will be used to further develop its technology which transforms clinical text into data.

Sight Diagnostics’ compact blood analyser has been installed to support the management of infected patients.

According to the latest figures from the World Health Organization, as of the morning of 2 March, there were nearly 89,000 cases of COVID-19 confirmed globally.

An interview with Professor Ran Balicer, chief innovation officer of Clalit Health Services and founding director of the Clalit Research Institute in Israel.

The Israeli venture capital fund will invest in early stage and late stage rounds of startups.

The initiative is based on a strategic partnership between the company and Jerusalem Venture Partners, Microsoft, Israeli entrepreneur Morris Kahn and others.

The product will be available for purchase in over 280 of the chain's pharmacies in the UK.