Today: A slight increase in temperatures heavy to extreme heatwave conditions in all parts of the country.Friday: A slight drop in temperatures which will remain above the seasonal average, with heatwave conditions persisting in all parts of the country, and high levels of humidity in coastal regions.Shabbat: Temperatures stable at above the seasonal average heatwave conditions will persist, as will high levels of humidity in coastal regions.Sunday: A slight reduction in temperatures and a significant drop in heatwave conditions. However, temperatures will remain above the seasonal average, primarily in higher areas and the interior of the country.

First Biological Institute trial against coronavirus moves to advanced stage of clinical trials in humans.

Pfizer and BioNTech are confident they can have a vaccine against the novel coronavirus ready for regulatory approval by the middle of October or early November, BioNTech CEO and co-founder Ugur Sahin told CNN In Tuesday."It has an excellent profile and I consider this vaccine ... near perfect, and which has a near perfect profile," Sahin told the network in an exclusive interview.

Prof. Hagai Levine, a member of coronavirus czar Prof. Ronni Gamzu's advisory committee, told Galei Tzahal this morning that, "The decision to impose nighttime curfews was made for political reasons, against the advice of experts."According to Levine, "We have to exploit the opportunity provided by the upcoming holiday period to take draconian steps, and at the same time encourage people to conduct any necessary activities in the open air, where the danger of contagion is substantially less."

According to the Johns Hopkins University tracker, the countries with the highest death rates from the coronavirus pandemic, in descending order, are:Peru (93.71 deaths per 100,000 residents) Spain (63.34) Bolivia (62.51) Chile (62.37) Ecuador (62.20) Brazil (60.85) the United States (57.87).

Police are investigating an incident in which a device exploded last night In Hashloshah Street in Bat Yam.Fragments of the device were found in the area.No injuries were reported, but the explosion caused property damage.

Writing In his Twitter account today, MK Moshe Yaalon (Yesh Atid-Telem) proclaimed his determination not to abide by any lockdown orders imposed by the government, along with his intention to continue to attend the mass demonstrations that have become a regular occurrence, protesting against the rule of Prime Minister Netanyahu."Attempts to stop the protests by imposing national lockdowns will not prevent me from heading to the protests," he wrote. "I am concerned about coronavirus, but I am even more concerned about the epidemic of corruption and lies that is being spread by Netanyahu and his cronies, who are attacking the rule of law and democracy itself, even as the unemployment and mortality rates increase under their failed leadership."

Speaking In Galei Tzahal this morning, Prof. Hezi Levy, director-general of the Health Ministry, insisted that more severe restrictions would have to be imposed In the general populace in order to bring coronavirus contagion rates down."We have no choice other than to impose stricter regulations," he said, "regulations that will have a significant impact In our daily lives, but will hopefully have a less severe impact In the economy."