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.

|ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
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

Health Minister Deri ordered the rapid implementation of a number of steps meant to combat obesity and diabetes.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
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

Ash met the medical professionals who were training to do work for SACH in Zambia, Ethiopia, the Palestinian Authority and Gaza.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

The Health Ministry is considering bringing back a mask mandate in enclosed spaces, but does not intend to reinstate any of the large-scale restrictions seen during previous waves.

|BySHIRA SILKOFF

Ash to 'Post': Rising corona cases could 'easily' bring Israel to lockdown

More than 2,000 cases in 24 hours * Poll: Only 28% of Israelis ready to be vaccinated

DECEMBER 15, 2020ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Israel's coronavirus czar Prof. Nachman Ash seen during a visit at the Jerusalem Municipality on November 22, 2020.

Coronavirus in Israel: Death toll tops 3,000 as infection rates climb

COVID Commissioner Prof. Ash says Israel could be back to normal by March-April • Netanyahu says first vaccine to be administered on Sunday

DECEMBER 14, 2020ByIDAN ZONSHINE, HANNAH BROWN
SHAARE ZEDEK hospital team members in the coronavirus ward.

Nachman Ash tells Arab to fight coronavirus like it's a war

"This is an emergency situation," the coronavirus commissioner said Saturday.

DECEMBER 12, 2020ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN, EVE YOUNG, TOBIAS SIEGAL
Coronavirus commissioner Prof. Nachman Ash during his visit to hospitals in east Jerusalem on Friday, December 11, 2020.

Coronavirus crisis: ‘This is the beginning of the third wave’

“We enjoy looking at the green part of the map, but the orange and red part is starting to rise,” Sharon Alroy-Preis warned.

DECEMBER 1, 2020ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Head of Public Health Services, Sharon Alroy-Preis, during a media briefing, Tuesday, December 1st, 2020.

Coronavirus cabinet approves: 5th and 6th graders going back to school

Strip malls to open, Eilat and the Dead Sea to welcome corona-free visitors

NOVEMBER 16, 2020ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN, TOBIAS SIEGAL
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presents Israel's morbidity rates during a media briefing on Monday, Nov. 16, 2020.

Israel appoints new coronavirus czar to replace Gamzu

Health minister warns: ‘Haste is the devil’ * Infection rate declines to 2%

OCTOBER 27, 2020ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Prof. Nachman Ash, Israel's next Health Ministry director-general.