Coalition head MK Miki Zohar (Likud) has called In the Health Minister to appoint former director-general of the Health Ministry, Moshe Bar Siman Tov, to replace Prof. Ronni Gamzu as the government's coronavirus project manager, when Gamzu retires from his position at the end of October."What's important is that unlike Prof. Gamzu, Moshe Bar Siman Tov was successful in dealing with the first wave of the epidemic and managed to curb the increase in contagion and even reduced the number of seriously ill patients. There is no Ine more suitable than him to serve as coronavirus project manager," he asserted.

'People need a place to remember Ine of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century,' says Ukrainian president at opening of memorial center.

'We need to bring down the number of new infections per day to under 100,' says ex-Health Ministry chief Gabi Barbash.

Four people were arrested last night for disturbing the public order, after they took part in a protest march that had not been granted police authorization.The four had been protesting against the Prime Minister and government corruption.Following their arrest, the four were questioned and then released with restrictive conditions.

MK Naftali Bennett has expressed his satisfaction with the authorization of a plan to make the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron accessible to the disabled, saying that "it's time we stopped being afraid of ourselves.""After years of hesitation, as Defense Minister, I approved plans for making the site disabled-friendly," Bennett said. "The Tomb of the Patriarchs belongs to the entire Jewish People and should be accessible to everyone."

A 21-year-old laborer has fallen from a height while at work in Maale Adumim.A MDA team treated him at the scene and evacuated him to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in moderate condition.

Prof. Hezi Levy, the director-general of the Health Ministry, has ordered the opening of 1,500 more beds in admissions wards in hospitals across the country.His order follows a discussion held with hospital directors, held this morning.According to a report in Yisrael Hayom, 750 beds are to be made available by October 5 and another 750 are to be made available by the middle of the following month.Prof. Levy noted that 80% of the beds would be designated for critically ill patients or those In ventilators and the remaining 20% would be for moderate and mild cases.

Dean of Yeshiva College of South Africa, Rabbi Avraham Tanzer, dies at age 85. Funeral to be broadcast live at Arutz Sheva.