Israel on Saturday said it would ban the entry of all foreigners into the country in order to contain the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant.
The country plans to reintroduce counter-terrorism phone-tracking technology as part of its move to halt the spread of the potentially more transmissible variant first detected in South Africa.
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Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett said in a statement that the ban, pending government approval, would last 14 days.
Israel, the first country to shut its borders completely over the Omicron variant, has so far confirmed one case of the variant and seven other suspected cases.
