Coronavirus czar apologizes for criticizing senior ultra-Orthodox rabbi

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 Prof. Ronni Gamzu says Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky did not, as reported by ultra-Orthodox publication, tell yeshiva students to avoid all coronavirus testing, after claiming Haredi leader was endangering public health

 "I regret the misunderstanding as a result of the biased publication of the remarks of Rabbi Kanievsky, whom I respect and admire, and take back what I said," Gamzu said. 

 “I checked it and it seems Rabbi Kanievsky never gave an instruction not to get checked, but was rather a decision based on the opinion of several rabbis for specific cases of yeshiva students in closed capsules, who had already taken coronavirus tests, and in accordance with policies that were set in advance.”