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Israel closes borders completely to foreigners over omikron variant

Israel is the first country to completely close its borders to the outside world because of the new variant. The measure will come into effect next night. The country hopes that more information will be known about the mutations within two weeks.


So far, one infection has been known in the country with the omikron variant, which may be highly contagious. In addition, seven suspected cases are still under investigation.

Phone data

Shin Bet also used the location data of mobile phones earlier during the pandemic. In whom the corona virus was diagnosed at the time, the internal security service checked where the person had been in the fourteen days before.

The government in Israel has also agreed on a new quarantine plan. Israelis who have been fully vaccinated or cured and who have been abroad must self-isolate for 72 hours after arriving in their home country. And if they come from high-risk areas, they must be quarantined in a hotel until they are tested negative.


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