Ronni Gamzu

COVID-19 isolation and compulsory masks should be canceled - Ichilov CEO

Isolation is still compulsory for people who test positive for COVID-19, and masks have to be worn in medical and welfare institutions.

People walk on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem last week, some wearing masks, others not.
Left to right: Vered Roth, Michal Herzog, Roni Gamzu, and Isaac Herzog.

Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital celebrates COVID successes

Former coronavirus commissioner Prof. Ronni Gamzu.

Gamzu to ‘Post’: Lockdown isn’t working, let people go back to work

Coronavirus commissioner Prof. Ronni Gamzu

Gamzu on death of 47-year-old corona patient: ‘I take responsibility’


Tel Aviv to begin coronavirus testing for high school students

The tests will be administered to 11th and 12th graders and teachers and school staff at 25 Tel Aviv high schools.

School boys wear costumes as a reference to coronavirus during the Jewish holiday of Purim, Jerusalem, March 8 2020

Edelstien: Large amounts of corona vaccine will not reach Israel this year

"The vaccine will help us a lot" but "even after there is a vaccine we will live in the shadow of corona," said Health Minister Yuli Edelstien.

Minister of Health Yuli Edelstein speaks during a press conference about the coronavirus COVID-19,  in Airport City on September 17, 2020.

Coronavirus czars support 'COVID-free' zones through testing plan

The Health Ministry has stated that people who test negative for coronavirus cannot infect others within 72 hours of the test.

People at the Malha Mall in Jerusalem after it reopened according to the new government orders, May 7, 2020

Gamzu in Kafr Kara: Considering closing PA territory to Arab-Israelis

Gamzu called on the Arab sector to stop holding weddings: “You should hold off on the weddings, because there is no way to hold them without more funerals."

Coronavirus commissioner Prof. Ronni Gamzu in Buq'ata  on November 7, 2020

Coronavirus commissioner: 'Cannot loosen restrictions any further'

“The disease is spread by the invisible patients - those who do not feel sick.”

Israeli Police patrol as they reinforce Covid-19 restriction in the Old City of Jerusalem during a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19. October 12, 2020.

Gov't advances bill to double fines for breaking COVID-19 rules

Gamzu: ‘10 times more coronavirus cases than are verified’

Coronavirus commissioner Prof. Ronni Gamzu is seen meeting with Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz.

Coronavirus cabinet to finalize decisions on schools, retail Thursday

Netanyahu, Gallant to propose alternative plans for grades 1-2 * Arab sector seeing spike in infection

Jerusalemites wearing face masks for fear of coronavirus  walk on Jaffa road in the City Center of Jerusalem on July 12, 2020. Israel has seen a spike of new COVID-19 cases,  cabinet ministers imposed new restrictions on public gatherings in a bid to stem the rising infection rate of the coronavirus

Israel appoints new coronavirus czar to replace Gamzu

Health minister warns: ‘Haste is the devil’ * Infection rate declines to 2%

Prof. Nachman Ash, Israel's next Health Ministry director-general.

Gamzu praises coronavirus management in Rosh Ha'ayin

As of October 21, Rosh Ha'ayin had 136 coronavirus patients. The city has a population of almost 62,000.

Ronni Gamzu, Israel’s next “coronavirus czar”

Several ultra-Orthodox cities to be removed from red-zone list

"I call on all public in red cities, on the haredi public, to fulfill the regulations”

Ultra-Orthodox residents walk through of the Mea She’arim neighborhood of Jerusalem, August 2020

Coronavirus commissioner to church leaders: Elderly people deserve to live

“We see it day in and day out. Every day in Israel, we have 40 people who die," coronavirus commissioner Prof. Ronni Gamzu said.

Coronavirus commissioner Prof. Ronni Gamzu