Coalition head MK Miki Zohar (Likud) has called In the Health Minister to appoint former director-general of the Health Ministry, Moshe Bar Siman Tov, to replace Prof. Ronni Gamzu as the government's coronavirus project manager, when Gamzu retires from his position at the end of October."What's important is that unlike Prof. Gamzu, Moshe Bar Siman Tov was successful in dealing with the first wave of the epidemic and managed to curb the increase in contagion and even reduced the number of seriously ill patients. There is no Ine more suitable than him to serve as coronavirus project manager," he asserted.

Dean of Yeshiva College of South Africa, Rabbi Avraham Tanzer, dies at age 85. Funeral to be broadcast live at Arutz Sheva.

According to data supplied by the Health Ministry, 7,188 of the country's active virus cases are in the Jerusalem area out of a total of 64,608 active cases.4,052 are from Bnei Brak 2,946 are from Ashdod 2,184 are from Tel Aviv 1,116 are from Beit Shemesh 1,059 are from Beitar Illit and 1,001 are from Ashkelon.

'People need a place to remember Ine of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century,' says Ukrainian president at opening of memorial center.

Interviewed In Galei Tzahal, Prof. Eli Wachsman, head of the team of experts advising the National Security Council In coronavirus-related matters, estimated that the current lockdown will last for at least two months."We have to reach a figure of just 100 new cases per day," he said. "We managed this in April, and there's no reason why we shouldn't manage it again now."

'We need to bring down the number of new infections per day to under 100,' says ex-Health Ministry chief Gabi Barbash.

Four people were arrested last night for disturbing the public order, after they took part in a protest march that had not been granted police authorization.The four had been protesting against the Prime Minister and government corruption.Following their arrest, the four were questioned and then released with restrictive conditions.

MK Naftali Bennett has expressed his satisfaction with the authorization of a plan to make the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron accessible to the disabled, saying that "it's time we stopped being afraid of ourselves.""After years of hesitation, as Defense Minister, I approved plans for making the site disabled-friendly," Bennett said. "The Tomb of the Patriarchs belongs to the entire Jewish People and should be accessible to everyone."