Israel’s health ministry Sunday recommended banning Israelis from travelling to the United States and added several European countries to its Covid “red list”, aimed at containing the Omicron variant’s spread, IgbereTV reports.
Barring US travel for Israeli citizens and residents would mark a significant step for Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s government, given the hundreds of thousands of dual nationals and close ties between the countries.
Bennett said Israel was in the midst of its fifth wave of Covid-19.
“The Omicron variant is already here,” he told a press conference after a cabinet meeting, “and it’s spreading fast”.
