Israeli Vizhnizer with no underlying conditions on respirator with COVID

In addition, the patient's son-in-law, daughter and grandson were also infected with the coronavirus, according to the report.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
An Orthodox Jewish man wears a mask while talking on a cellphone in the Orthodox Jewish community of the Borough Park neighborhood during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., April 30, 2020. (photo credit: REUTERS/CAITLIN OCHS)
An Orthodox Jewish man wears a mask while talking on a cellphone in the Orthodox Jewish community of the Borough Park neighborhood during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., April 30, 2020.
(photo credit: REUTERS/CAITLIN OCHS)
Rabbi Chaim Moshe ben Geula, a 44-year-old Israeli member of the Vizhnitz hassidic community who does not have a history of medical issues or underlying conditions, was sedated and placed on a a respirator at Mayanei Hayeshua Hospital in Bnei Brak after testing positive with coronavirus on Sunday, according to a Hamodia report.
In addition, the patient's son-in-law, daughter and grandson were also infected with the coronavirus, according to the report. 
The name Vizhnitz refers to the hassidic dynasty that was originally founded by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager, based in the village of Vyzhnytsia, a town in present-day Ukraine.
Israel's ultra-Orthodox community has been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus, due to in part to living in more crowded areas, higher birth rates and a strong emphasis on communal activities.  


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