The new variant of the Covid, Omicron, continues on Monday to spread around the world, sowing concern and pushing more and more countries to close their borders again to foreign travelers.
A drastic preventive measure against which the WHO had spoken again on Sunday, calling on each state to first "adopt a scientific approach", based on "risk assessment".
Back to these countries which have, despite everything, set in motion these new restrictions very quickly.
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Japan will close its borders
Three weeks after easing certain restrictions, Japan will close its borders to all foreign visitors, the Japanese government announced on Monday.
"We are going to ban all (new) entries of foreign nationals from around the world from November 30," Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters.
Finally, the Japanese returning from nine southern African states and countries where infections with the new variant have been identified will have to submit to "strict isolation measures according to the risks," said the head of government. .
Morocco suspends its flights
Another turn of the screw, that of the Moroccan authorities who decided on Sunday to suspend all direct passenger flights to Morocco for a period of two weeks from Monday at 23:59.
A decision that comes due to the rapid spread of the new variant "especially in Europe and Africa, and in order to preserve the gains made by Morocco in the fight against the pandemic and protect the health of citizens", explained the Interministerial Committee monitoring the pandemic.
An assessment of the situation "will be undertaken regularly in order to adjust, if necessary, the necessary measures", added the committee.
Israel closes its borders
Israel, where a case has been confirmed in a traveler who returned from Malawi, also banned foreigners from entering its soil on Sunday evening.
Similarly, vaccinated Israeli citizens will be required to take a PCR test and self-quarantine for three days, a measure extended to seven days for unvaccinated people, authorities said.
The announcement of these measures came a few hours before the start of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, the "festival of lights", which lasts for eight days and during which many gatherings and festivities take place.
