Coronavirus czar says rabbi’s call against testing endangers Haredi public

Government coronavirus czar Ronni Gamzu lambastes Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky’s call for yeshiva students to avoid testing in order to prevent school closures and quarantines.

“The rabbi’s comments endanger the ultra-Orthodox public with ongoing infection,” Gamzu says. And that effect could go beyond the Haredi public, he notes.

Without significant change in cities with high infection rates, Gamzu says, drastic measures could become necessary throughout the entire country.

Coronavirus czar Professor Roni Gamzu during a meeting with Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion at the Jerusalem city hall on August 12, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

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