Government approves national virus czar as new Health Ministry director

Then-coronavirus czar Nachman Ash attends a press conference in Jerusalem on June 23, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Then-coronavirus czar Nachman Ash attends a press conference in Jerusalem on June 23, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The government approves the appointment of Nachman Ash as the new director-general of the Health Ministry.

Ash, who has served as the national coronavirus czar since November, takes over for Chezy Levy, who is returning to be director of Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon.

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