Starting May 20: The corona inspection obligation at Ben Gurion Airport will end

The decision was made following the decline in morbidity data in recent days and after discussions by professionals in the Ministry of Health and officials of the Airports Authority.

It was also agreed that starting this Tuesday, foreigners arriving in Israel will also be allowed to be tested by antigen and not only by PCR.

Meirav Cohen

08/05/2022

Sunday, 08 May 2022, 12:05 Updated: 12:40

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In the video: a briefing by the corona projector, Prof. Salman Zarka (Photo: GPO)

The mandatory inspection at Ben Gurion Airport will end on May 20, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett concluded today (Sunday)

. From next Tuesday, foreigners arriving in Israel will also be allowed to be tested for antigen before boarding a plane, and not just by PCR.

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For the second time in a day: another variant of the corona was discovered at Ben Gurion Airport

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Tourists will also be allowed to be tested for antigen.

Passengers at Ben Gurion Airport (Photo: Reuters)

About two weeks ago, three verified corona variants of the BA5

and BA4 variants were discovered in the PCR tests and genetic flooring performed on passengers returning to Israel at Ben Gurion Airport.

A new coronavirus virus. The verified passengers are all returning passengers at Ben Gurion Airport, from South Africa, Singapore and Italy, and carried the BA4 variant, which is now spreading in South Africa.

The cases of the new variant were diagnosed in the PCR tests and the genetic flooring performed on passengers returning to Israel at Ben Gurion Airport. This is probably not a variant that, like the omicron, is not deadly but contagious.

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