A London rabbi says he was in Morocco before testing positive for coronavirus

A rabbi at London’s St John’s Wood Synagogue has tested positive for coronavirus after a trip to Morocco. According to the Jewish Telegraph Agency (JTA), rabbi Yoni Golker «had mild symptoms and is feeling better than when they first appeared last week». He is currently «in quarantine isolation in London», the same source added.

Reached by phone, Yoni Golker told JTA that he «visited with the synagogue and Jewish school in Casablanca, Morocco, last week, before he began displaying symptoms». When he got back to England, he showed symptoms of coronavirus.

Members who were in close contact with the rabbi during the last two weeks have been asked to self-isolate for a period of two weeks, Times of Israel wrote, without referring to the rabbi’s trip to Morocco.