Arab citizens and ultra-Orthodox Jews are the cause of the outbreak of the coronavirus in Israel, Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn said on Saturday.

Avi Nissenkorn: Reason for coronavirus is something that started in the haredi and Arab population, but is now in the entire country. https://t.co/AEsjUJHTv4

— Arutz Sheva (@ArutzSheva_En) September 27, 2020

“Recent demonstrations in Tel Aviv are not the cause of the spread of the coronavirus, the virus broke out among the Haredi and Arab resident communities, but it has now spread across the entire country,” Nissenkorn told Channel 12.

Anti- #Netanyahu Protests Resume despite #COVID19 #Lockdown (VIDEOS) https://t.co/1Ebl7tV8Gz via @PalestineChron pic.twitter.com/mZ1BU9kKOJ

— @palestinechron (@PalestineChron) September 27, 2020

As of Saturday, there were a total of 8,221 confirmed COVID-19 cases. Yesterday, authorities announced ten new deaths as a result of the disease.

(MEMO, PC, Social Media)