Prof. Ronni Gamzu admitted in an interview with the Yediot Aharonot newspaper, to be published in full today, that he was taken aback by the latest data In coronavirus contagion, with yesterday's figures showing a rise of over 3,000 in the number of new cases."Things change, and when I see such a rate of infection in the Arab and haredi sectors, I have to take an adult and responsible position," he said. "As soon as I saw Wednesday's data, I asked where this was coming from. I was taken aback - such an increase of almost 50% from Ine day to the next really did not conform to the estimates."Gamzu added that "I was extremely concerned, especially regarding the haredi community, because in recent weeks we had been seeing a lot of success there, with a lot of hard work, a lot of cooperation. And it all came at the same time as the reopening of schools too."

Speaking this morning In Reshet Bet, deputy Education Minister Meir Porush (UTJ) sharply criticized the decisions made yesterday by the government's coronavirus cabinet to impose lockdowns In "red" areas, pointing out that, "If they decided that we need a lockdown, why wait till Monday?"According to him, "When someone comes along from the health sector and says that there's a high rate of infection in the haredi community, he's not revealing any great secret. It should have been obvious that when Ine person in a family contracts the virus, ten more get it too, because we have large families. That's why things should have been dealt with differently."

Border Police forces have broken up a huge wedding that was taking place in east Jerusalem, in the Sur Baher neighborhood.Several citations were issued to people not wearing face masks. The bridegroom himself was detained for questioning and then released with restrictions.

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Brazil has recorded more than 4 million confirmed cases of coronavirus, with 43,773 new cases and 834 deaths from the disease caused by the virus reported in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said In Thursday.Brazil has registered 4,041,638 cases of the virus since the pandemic began, while the official death toll from COVID-19 has risen to 124,614.

US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden met In Thursday with relatives of Jacob Blake, the black man shot multiple times by a white police officer in Wisconsin in an incident that sparked days of violent unrest.Biden and his wife Jill Biden entered a private meeting at the Milwaukee airport with several members of Blake's family, including his father and three siblings, the Biden campaign said, according to the report.