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’


Amid COVID-19, Ukraine bans Israeli hasidim from annual Uman pilgrimage

Ukraine announced it would temporarily ban the entry of foreign citizens until September 28 - the same date as Yom Kippur on the Jewish calendar.

Prof. Ronni Gamzu speaking at inauguration ceremony of Shield of Israel headquarters, Airport City.

Gamzu to ‘Post’: Coronavirus plagued by politicians’ illogical decisions

“There is something about this corona that makes a lot of people lose judgement,” coronavirus commissioner Prof. Ronni Gamzu told the Post.

Israel's new coronavirus czar, Ronni Gamzu

Coronavirus czar says he may quit if not given tools to fight the virus

As many as 30,000 Israelis make the pilgrimage each year and forbidding them to attend this event has sparked an outcry, but Gamzu said he didn’t care.

Israel's new coronavirus czar, Ronni Gamzu

Coronavirus cabinet to vote Monday on holiday lockdown

Commissioner recommends families travel no more than 500 meters from home on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur • Schools to close • Death toll nears 800

The coronavirus cabinet during a meeting on Wednesday

Want to tour Israel? This is the coronavirus czar's plan

Travelers entering Israel from “green countries,” those that have a low number of infected people per their population could enter without being tested.

El Al Israel Airlines planes are seen on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel March 10, 2020.

Coronavirus czar accuses Arabs of ‘attacking’ Israel by spreading virus

Of the nearly 4,000 people in Jerusalem with the virus, almost half are residents of east Jerusalem – with over 40% testing positive

A Palestinian woman waits before leaving Rafah border crossing with Egypt, which was reopened for the first time since it was closed in March over Covid-19 concerns, in the southern Gaza strip August 11, 2020.

Gamzu intends to open Israel's skies, but so much more needs to be done

The skies need to open, but, for the open skies plan to work, so much more needs to be done.

El Al Israel Airlines planes are seen on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel March 10, 2020.

Medical experts give Ronni Gamzu’s coronavirus plan an A+

'The Jerusalem Post' asked three top health experts how they would grade Gamzu’s plan – and all of them gave it top scores.

Ichilov director-general Ronni Gamzu.

Israel must remain open to all Diaspora Jews, not just students

Israel should not turn away Jews under any circumstances, and that includes the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prof. Roni Gamzu speaks during a special briefing to the media held at the Knesset, on June 26, 2013

Coronavirus czar must rise above the cacophony of confusion - analysis

Can Gamzu extinguish them before a raging fire erupts?

Israel's new coronavirus czar, Ronni Gamzu