Israel’s embattled health minister says he is stepping down following a public uproar over his handling of the coronavirus crisis and his own COVID-19 infection.
Health Minister Yaakov Litzman informed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he would step aside as the country forms a new government.
The government has generally been lauded for keeping the coronavirus crisis in check. It has infected over 15,000 Israelis and killed nearly 200 people, but Israel has not seen itsLitzman, an ultra-Orthodox politician with no formal medical training, has come under criticism for appearing ill-prepared at news conferences and reportedly resisting proposals to tighten lockdown measures that would affect the country's religious community.
Merchants at Jerusalem's large central Mahane Yehuda outdoor market protested its continued closure while many other businesses, including furniture giant IKEA, were allowed to reopen.
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