Africa Business Radio

Israel health ministry says it will allow entry to vaccinated visitors from low-risk countries, t, five weeks after it shut its borders to slow the spread of the Omicron variant. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and a group of ministers agreed that entry of vaccinated/recovering tourists from orange countries will be permitted from Sunday. Israel had closed its borders to all foreign tourists last November 28. Bennett said at the time the move aimed to prepare Israel for an inevitable fifth wave of Covid cases. Bennett however says the temporary blanket prohibition on foreign arrivals had achieved its goal, even as domestic Covid infections have soared.