The leader of the Eda Haredit, a hardline anti-Zionist ultra-Orthodox group based in Jerusalem, has contracted the coronavirus.
Rabbi Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss’s diagnosis comes after he was admitted to Hadassah Hospital yeseterday with a high fever and low blood pressure, according to reports in Haredi media.
While the Eda Haredit initially refused to shut down its affiliated educational institutions according to government instructions, on Monday it released a notice instructing its followers in the ultra-Orthodox community to heed the Health Ministry’s orders lest they commit a “big sin.”
Ultra-Orthodox cities have led the country in numbers of coronavirus cases. As of Wednesday morning, a total of 730 people in Bnei Brak had the virus. In Jerusalem, a total of 780 people had the virus, up from 650 a day earlier.
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