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By Hamodia Staff
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Sunday, January 17, 2021 at 4:31 pm | ד שבט תשפ א
Former Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau speaks to press after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine, at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
Former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, 83, has tested positive for coronavirus, days after he received the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine.
Rabbi Lau was reportedly feeling well and did not have any symptoms.
It was not immediately known when he was infected with the virus, but it may well have been prior to receiving the second dose, as the virus usually takes some time to show up in tests, or before the vaccine became fully effective.