Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman MK Tzvi Hauser directed an urgent appeal to the Defense Minister: Due to the coronavirus crisis, there is no longer the need to wait, and a permanent National Emergency Authority head must be appointed, exempt from a tender.
"There is grave concern about another wave of outbreaks this winter alongside an expected seasonal flu outbreak. We are facing a national-scale crisis, more significant than we are currently dealing with. In this situation, there is an urgent need for the immediate appointment of a permanent National Emergency Authority head, that we know hasn't yet been appointed," he wrote.