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’


Cabinet to lock down 30 ‘red’ cities as virus spikes

Gamzu begs public: ‘Stop insanity – morbidity has risen to another level’ • Edelstein to ‘Post’: Can’t promise total lockdown will be prevented

Inspectors conduct coronavirus tests at a checkpoint in Jerusalem

Gamzu, Kanievsky battle over COVID-19 rules in the haredi sector

With all due respect, Kanievsky may be a great Torah sage, but he is not a medical man.

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky and Prof. Ronni Gamzu have argued over COVID-19 rules in the haredi sector.

Coronavirus in Israel: New daily record reached with over 3,000 diagnosed

Cabinet to convene on red city restrictions * Death toll nears 1,000

Ultra-Orthodox men wearing masks walk around the neighborhood of Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, April 12, 2020

COVID-19: Israeli schools open this morning - but not in red cities

Coronavirus czar clashed with education minister late into the night * 2.4 million students return to class * 14 people died on Monday

Israeli students wearing protective face masks in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in a school in Tel Aviv, August 23, 2020

Coronavirus in Israel: More than 1,100 new patients

The Health Ministry is working to implement the “traffic-light” program presented by coronavirus commissioner Prof. Ronni Gamzu.

Inspectors conduct coronavirus tests at a checkpoint in Jerusalem

Red light, green light, go! Gamzu’s traffic light plan passes

Gamzu spoke after the cabinet meeting and said a color would soon be administered to every one of the country’s 250 cities.

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's coronavirus commissioner is set up to miss the target

Every day that Prof. Ronni Gamzu is left in limbo, without a clear mandate or authority, he is further away from hitting the bullseye of defeating coronavirus.

Israel's new coronavirus czar, Ronni Gamzu

Coronavirus cabinet to convene today: red zones, synagogues on the agenda

Death toll surpasses 900

Inspectors conduct coronavirus tests at a checkpoint in Jerusalem

Should Ahmad Tibi be Israel’s coronavirus czar?

The battle over Uman is not about graves – it's about politics.

AHMAD TIBI: When he [Netanyahu] says ‘Ahmad Tibi,’ he means Ahmad the Arab.

Will coronavirus ‘czar’ Gamzu pass the COVID-19 finish line?

HEALTH AFFAIRS: He may not be a basketball player, but he is a marathon runner, and that may explain how he is sticking it out long after his critics expected him to resign.

CORONAVIRUS ‘CZAR’ Prof. Ronni Gamzu is under fire from Israel’s politicians. How much longer will he stay on?