Prognosis
Israel and U.K. Set Measures to Stop Spread of Omicron Cases
- Special meeting agrees to stop all foreign travel into Israel
- New cases of variant sprouting across European countries
Travelers at Berlin Brandenburg Airport.
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Israel banned foreigners from entering the country for two weeks and the U.K. tightened rules for its citizens, seeking to check the advance of a new coronavirus strain moving across the region.
The U.K. announced Saturday it had two infections of the new omicron Covid-19 variant, linked to people who’d been in southern Africa, while Israel’s health ministry said it had seven cases -- three of whom had stayed within the country.