JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel’s Health Minister Yaakov Litzman and his wife tested positive for coronavirus Thursday. Both reported that they feel well and will remain isolated in their home in accordance with health ministry regulations.
Join our WhatsApp groupSubscribe to our Daily Roundup Email
In the wake of Litzman’s condition and in accordance with epidemiological research regarding his whereabouts in the past few weeks, a number of senior officials will be forced to go into isolation, including health ministry director-general Moshe Bar Siman Tov, Director of Public Health Prof. Sigal Sadetzki and the head of the Mossad, Yossi Cohen. Bar Siman Tov said that the ministry had prepared for such an eventuality and that he would continue to work from home.
Prime Minister Netanyahu completed a three-day isolation period after his advisor for Chareidi affairs, Rivka Falloch, tested positive for coronavirus. Netanyahu tested negative for the virus. However due to his association with the health minister and in accordance with the recommendation of his personal doctor he will once again go into isolation until next Wednesday.