In the struggle against Covid-19, medical data constitutes an
essential tool in finding new treatments, developing vaccines,
mitigating the spread of the virus, and assisting policy makers to
make knowledgeable public-health decisions. Accordingly, in May
2020 the Ministry of Health established a Covid-19 National
Repository ("the repository"). The repository includes
de-identified medical data on Covid-19 patients collected by
hospitals and HMOS in Israel. The repository enables researchers to
obtain access to Covid-19 medical data under privacy and security
controls and with Ministry of Health supervision.
The Data Available in the Repository
The material available in the repository will include data
collected from the Ministry of Health, hospitals, HMOs, population
health questionnaires, and other public databases.
