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Xinhua | Updated: 2020-04-02 16:55

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Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman talks to the media ahead of the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Feb 16, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

JERUSALEM - The Israeli health minister went into isolation on Thursday after being diagnosed with COVID-19, his office said, forcing more senior officials into self-quarantine.

Health Minister Yaakov Litzman, leader of the Jewish ultra-Orthodox party of United Torah Judaism, is in isolation with his wife who has also contracted the virus.

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