Published: 20 March 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
White House urges ultra-Orthodox leaders to implement coronavirus guidelines in communities (Haaretz)
'We told them that yes, this means no yeshiva studies, no minyans at synagogues, no weddings, no bar mitzvahs, and so forth,' explained an administration official
Haredi world shuts down as leaders quash resistance to public health measures (Forward)
Satmar Kiryas Yoel shuts down all institutions in NYC due to coronavirus (Jerusalem Post)
Other Chasidic groups in New York closing down in light of worsening situation in the state and the US in general
100 people test positive for coronavirus in Hasidic Brooklyn neighbourhood (Times of Israel)
Positive tests have come since Asisa clinic in Borough Park began testing Friday morning; so far ten percent of tests have come back positive
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Former head of Milan Jewish community dies from coronavirus (Times of Israel)
Passing of Michele Sciama, 79, mourned as ‘great loss’ for city at epicenter of largest COVID-19 outbreak outside of China
Photo: Jewish ultra-Orthodox girls wear face masks during celebrations of the Jewish festival of Purim in Bnei Brak, Israel, March 10 (Oded Balilty/AP)
