COVID: Israel to lift omicron travel bans to US, UK
09 January 2022 |
4:10 pm
Israel's Health Ministry has recommended removing all the countries currently on an omicron no-fly list. The ministry also said Israelis should not travel to places with higher infection rates "without a good reason."
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