Israel closes borders to foreigners
The Israeli authorities will ban foreigners from entering the country for two weeks from the evening of Sunday, November 28, due to the spread of a new strain of coronavirus B.1.1.529, named omicron. RBC reports this with reference to the Times of Israel.
This measure will not affect those who receive special permission from the government commission.
Israel became the first country to close its borders to foreigners due to a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
In addition, the authorities have tightened testing and self-isolation rules for Israelis arriving in the country from abroad.
The movement of citizens infected with the new variant of the virus will be monitored using phone tracking technology to limit the spread of the omicron strain.
Israel reopened to foreign tourists fully vaccinated with WHO-approved vaccines in early November. Since December, the authorities also planned to allow those immunized with the Russian drug Sputnik V into the country.
So far, Israel has confirmed one case of infection with the new strain B.1.1.529. It was a woman who returned from Southeast Africa.
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