Israel to ban entry of foreigners over Omicron

JERUSALEM - Israel on Saturday said it would ban the entry of all foreigners into the country, making it the first country to shut its borders completely in response to a new and potentially more contagious coronavirus variant, and said it would use counter-terrorism phone-tracking technology in order to contain the spread of the Omicron variant.

"Our working hypotheses are that the variant is already in nearly every country," Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked told N12's "Meet the Press," "and that the vaccine is effective, although we don't yet know to what degree." The Shin Bet counter-terrorism agency's phone-tracking technology will be used to locate carriers of the new variant in order to curb its transmission to others, Bennett said.

The variant, which has also been detected in Belgium, Botswana, Hong Kong, Italy, Germany and Britain, has sparked global concern and a wave of travel curbs, although epidemiologists say such restrictions may be too late to stop Omicron from circulating globally.

Good .... World wide hard lockdown is mandatory now !

Another dose of vaccine then for the omicron? 🥺 unlibooster

Dapat ganyan ang action ng gov't. Hindi ung selected countries lang. Nakakalimutan na yung 'Prevention is better than cure'. And, baka matulad yan sa Delta Variant na late detected.

Welcome back faceshield🤣🤣🤣

Sana ganun din dito sa Pilipinas.Kaso mag ban lang sila pag meron ng nakapasok.

How about the Ms. Universe? Tuloy pa ba?

Sana ganun din tau!! Sa Hong Kong may omicron na! Ano na Duque at Pdutz? Tulog pa rn sa pansitan?

Good move.. Unlike here iniintay pang may maka pasok..

So tuloy ba ang Miss Universe?

Sana ganyan din d2 sa pilipinas mabilis kilos ng mga opisyal ng gobyerno ng mauunlad na bansa

All Countries...So hindi na pala Tuloy ang Ms Universe...Ban na pala ang all foteigner

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