Gabi Barbash walks away from virus czar post; Ronni Gamzu takes job instead

https://www.timesofisrael.com/gabi-barbash-walks-away-from-virus-czar-post-ronni-gamzu-takes-job-instead/

Former senior health official Gabi Barbash, who was selected by the government to lead Israel’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, on Wednesday night said he was walking away from the job.

Prof. Ronni Gamzu, a former director general of the Health Ministry who now heads the Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, will assume the position instead of Barbash, with the agreement of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein.