The moratorium on foreign arrivals was expected to be included in those limitations.Īll Israelis entering the country, including those who are vaccinated against COVID-19, will continue to be obligated to take a PCR test at Ben Gurion Airport when they arrive and then immediately go into home quarantine. The statement did not specifically mention the entry ban on foreigners, but said that the two had agreed “on the extension of the current restrictions at Ben Gurion Airport for an additional ten days, starting this coming Sunday, December 12, 2021, at midnight.”

On Thursday, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz agreed to extend travel restrictions enacted at Israel’s borders for an additional ten days beyond their scheduled December 11 expiration date, the Prime Minister’s Office said, in a continued effort to block the Omicron coronavirus variant from spreading in the country. It was not immediately clear what metrics the Hebrew U researchers were referring to. Students at a school in Modi’in on Octo(Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

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