YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Reb Avrohom Shiya Freund Z”L from the Satmar community in Williamsburg. He was 63.
Sources tell YWN that R’ Shiya was Niftar in his sleep early Friday morning.
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Dr. Shimshi Zimmerman just released an urgent message. Dr Zimmerman is the Medical Director of all of NYC Hatzalah, the Medical Director of Lakewood Hatzalah and the Medical Director of Boro Park Center.

Harav Yitzchak Zilberstein, Rav of the Ramat Elchanan neighborhood of Bnei Brak, paskened that anyone who is waiting for the results of a coronavirus test should answer the phone on Shabbos with a shinui and answer any necessary questions for an epidemiological investigation. 

Rosh Yeshiva and the Av Beis Din of the Eidah Chareidis, Hagaon HaRav Moshe Sternbuch announced on Thursday that it is a matter of Pikuah Nefesh, and people must distance themselves from others.
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Boro Park Hatzolah has sent out an urgent message to local residents.
Hatzolah Coordinator Chaim Fisher pleads with community who seems to be ignoring all warnings about the dangers of the Coronavirus.
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Prime Minister Netanyahu said the Israeli government will later on Thursday approve orders to make the state of emergency declared by the Health Ministry legally binding.
The move effectively enforces a lockdown on Israel for the first time since the days of the country’s establishment.
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We are witnessing a rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus within our communities and have been advised by medical experts repeatedly that there are actions and inactions going on that significantly impact the speed and rates of illness and death.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered all businesses Thursday to keep at least 75 percent of their work forces home as he announced the number of infected people in New York state had soared past 4,000, a surge of nearly 2,000 overnight that corresponded to a record number of tests conducted.

There are 529 Israelis who have been diagnosed with the coronavirus as of Thursday, the Health Ministry announced. Six patients are in critical condition, 13 are in moderate condition and 12 have recovered.   

A hospitalized lawyer from a New York City suburb connected to one of the earliest U.S. coronavirus clusters is improving and talking to his family via FaceTime.
Adina Lewis Garbuz posted on Facebook that her husband, Lawrence Garbuz, is “awake and alert and seems to be on the road to full recovery.” He had been in serious condition at a New York City hospital earlier this month.