TIMES OF ISRAEL
US said to annul work visa of Israeli who took flight home knowing he had virus
by Staff
April 26, 2020

The US has suspended a work visa issued to an Israeli national who boarded a flight from Newark to Tel Aviv on Thursday without notifying anyone that he had tested positive for COVID-19, an Israeli official told The Times of Israel on Saturday evening. The official also said the Health Ministry plans to file a police complaint against him. A security official confirmed to The Times of Israel that the man is a Kashrut supervisor from the ultra-Orthodox settlement of Beitar Illit. A suspended visa would no longer allow the man to work in the US. READ MORE