China rabbi says synagogue shutdowns shielded congregants from coronavirus
“Throughout all the 13 Chabad houses in China and Hong Kong, not one community member contracted this virus," said Shimon Freundlich, a Chabad emissary in Beijing.
Rabbi Shimon Freundlich speaking at Family Hospital in Beijing, China in 2018(photo credit: COURTESY OF CHABAD CHINA/JTA)ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA