The head of Israel’s Coronavirus Working Group has asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to forbid an annual pilgrimage in which The Hasydic Jews stop in the central Ukrainian city of Uman for fear that the site might be a hot spot for the virus.
Tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews descend to Ouman every Jewish New Year to make a stop at the tomb of Rabbi Najman de Breslov, who revived the Hasidic movement and died in 1810. This year’s Jewish New Year celebrations take place from September 18 to 20.
The governments of Ukraine and Israel have already issued a joint statement calling on pilgrims to cancel their travels, but massive crowds are still making plans to fly.
Ronni Gamzu, Israel’s most sensible adviser on the coronavirus, has now sent a letter to Zelenskiy ingesting him to act.
“Such a collection, in such difficult times, is expected to create large cases of infection by tourists and local residents of Ukraine, which places a heavy burden on local medical systems, while thousands more are expected to return to Israel and spread further. “Gamzu said in the letter notified through Reuters on Saturday.
“I urge you to impose a ban on these celebrations this year, as part of the global community’s effort to end this horrific pandemic,” he said.
On Friday, Israel surpassed 100,000 reported cases of coronavirus and recorded 80 nine Covid-1nine deaths among its nine million inhabitants.
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