Israel is expected to once again delay the entry of vaccinated tourists as it grapples with a resurgence of the coronavirus spurred by the Delta variant, Channel 13 News reported on Motzei Shabbos.
It is expected to be delayed for another month, from August to September.
The Health Ministry is set to make the recommendation but the decision will have to be approved by the coronavirus cabinet.
The Health Ministry announced on Friday that all travelers arriving in Israel, including those vaccinated and recovered, will soon be required to quarantine for up to 24 hours or until a negative result on their coronavirus tests is received.
The decision is to go into effect late next week.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Great! If that’s what the medical experts think is the safe thing to do, kol hakovid!
Life is more important than money
Why does YWN post information before it’s actually released by the state of Israel?
@Stevenn, Dream on this has anything to do with safety. It’s called POWER and CONTROL. And yes they’re willing to put they’re entire tourism industry in the ground for the power. The Israeli that returns from US, UK etc. is the same carrier of any virus as the tourist. When Covid numbers are down in most of the world they could have easily opened to those countries with vaccinated or recovered only. To be shut to the entire foreign world for 17+ months is more cruel (to the thousands of Israeli businesses that have gone out of business forever) then safe. With Israel being 75% vaccinated there’s no real reason to not start the first phase of opening.