Israel announced on November 27 that in response to the emergence of a new variant of the virus Omicron (B.1.1.529) cases, it began to ban foreigners from entering the country on the 29th, becoming the first country to seal customs to prevent the spread of Omicron.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett issued a statement on the 27th, stating that the new ban will be implemented at 0:00 on the 29th and the effective period is 14 days.
In addition to prohibiting foreigners from entering the country, all Israeli citizens returning to the country, even if they have been vaccinated against the new crown pneumonia, must be quarantined for at least 3 days.
The authorities will also use telephone tracking technology developed by the anti-terrorism department to trace close contacts of the confirmed case.
Since March 2020, Israel has used the relevant technology for epidemic prevention purposes, but civil rights organizations questioned the privacy of the relevant practices and filed a complaint with the court to challenge the above policy. The court then issued an order in 2021 to restrict the scope of application.
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Israel has so far confirmed 1 case of the new variant virus Omicron and 7 cases of suspected Omicron infection. 4 of them returned from abroad and the remaining 3 have not recently gone abroad.
As of the 27th, traces of the variant virus Omicron have been found in Britain, Botswana, Belgium, Hong Kong, Israel, Germany and Italy.
