Nachman Ash

‘Hindsight is 20/20’: Israel's lessons after 3 years of COVID-19

HEALTH AFFAIRS: On Israel’s three-year COVID anniversary, ‘czars’ look forward and back.

 RONNI GAMZU, then-CEO of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, receives a COVID-19 vaccine in December 2020.
 Health and Interior Minister Arye Deri at the handover ceremony for the Interior Ministry, January 1, 2023.

Arye Deri begins battle against obesity after nixing soda tax

 Prof. Nachman Ash celebrates the 26th anniversary of Save a Child's Heart.

Professor Nachman Ash celebrates 26 years of Save a Child's Heart

 Health Minister Director-General Nachman Ash attends a press conference about the coronavirus, in Jerusalem on August 29, 2021.

Prof. Nachman Ash: We are at the start of a new COVID-19 wave


Health, Education ministries clash over strategies for life with COVID

For the second day in a row, Israel registered over 2,000 cases while the number of serious patients on Wednesday stood at 153.

A technician collects swab samples for COVID-19, at a testing center run by the Tel Aviv municipality in cooperation with Tel haShomer hospital, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, on July 20, 2021.

Health Ministry D-G: We don't need Netanyahu's help for COVID vaccines

Netanyahu called for the government to begin giving a booster shot of the vaccine, despite medical professionals advising against such action.

Israel's coronavirus czar Prof. Nachman Ash seen during a visit at the Jerusalem Municipality on November 22, 2020.

COVID: Isolation period in Israel shortened to 7 days

Israel registers over 745 cases in 24 hours, most since March, but serious morbidity remains limited * No decision on green pass, tourism plan.

Passengers in Ben-Gurion Airport amid ongoing coronavirus restrictions, Feb. 2021

Health Ministry: Nachman Ash officially the new Director-General

Nachman Ash was named for the job of Health Ministry director-general on June 28. He's been serving as Israel's coronavirus commissioner.

Prof. Nachman Ash, Israel's Health Ministry director-general.

Coronavirus ‘czar’ Nachman Ash named new Health Ministry director-general

Israel is working on vaccine deal with several foreign countries, current DG says * Some 213 coronavirus cases were identified as of 7 p.m. Monday, but no increase in serious patients

Prof. Nachman Ash, Israel's next Health Ministry director-general.

COVID: Cap on gatherings to increase as restrictions continue to be lifted

The cap on gatherings is going to be increased to 500 people outdoors and 50 indoors, and restrictions on structures which operate under the green light outline are going to be abolished.

Israel's coronavirus czar Prof. Nachman Ash seen during a visit at the Jerusalem Municipality on November 22, 2020.

2021 March of the Living: Commemorate Holocaust, COVID victims

Join the 2021 March of the Living ceremony in honor of the victims of the Holocaust from your home.

President Reuven Rivlin.

Anthony Fauci to address COVID-19 and Holocaust

Corona czar tells ‘Post’ protesters compared Pfizer vaccination in Israel to Nazi medical experiments.

The International March of the Living will host "Medicine and Morality" on April 7.

Will Israel be able to provide the next coronavirus vaccine round?

Israel currently has enough doses to inoculate anyone over 16 who wants the jab.

A medical worker is seen filling up a coronavirus vaccine dose at a Meuhedet vaccination center in Jerusalem, on February 16, 2021.

Most red cities are Arab and Druze, says Arab sector commissioner

"It should be everyone's priority, that of heads of Druze and Arab local councils, to think about ways of turning their towns from red to green," Ayman Saif said on Saturday.

From left: Ayman Saif, Abdulbast Salameh and Nachman Ash