Jerusalem: Israel has temporarily banned its citizens from traveling to India and six other countries, citing high COVID-19 infection rates there.
A joint press release issued by the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Health on Friday said Israelis would not be allowed to travel to Ukraine, Brazil, Ethiopia, South Africa, India, Mexico and Turkey.
This regulation enters into force on 3 May and lasts until 16 May.
However, non-Israelis will be able to travel to these countries, provided they plan to live there permanently, the press release reads.
The regulation does not apply to those who stay at airports in one of these countries at any one time while waiting for a connecting flight.
The Israeli government has also authorized its ministers of health and home affairs to appoint representatives to chair an appeals committee and the special review panel.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health has suggested that those returning from the seven countries should enter a mandatory two-week quarantine, even if they have been vaccinated or recovered COVID-19, local media reports said.
Those who received two negatives COVID-19 test reports should be in a ten-day quarantine, they said.
These additional restrictions are also expected to take effect on May 3, but are subject to the approval of the Knesset Organizing Committee (Israeli Parliament).
A record of 3,689 per day COVID-19 The death toll rose from India’s death toll to 2,15,542, while the infection count reached 1,95,57,457 with 3,92,488 more people confirmed positive for the disease, according to Sunday’s Ministry of Health data. The active business exceeded the 33-lakh mark, according to data updated at 08:00. Israel reported 838,481 COVID-19 cases so far with 6,363 deaths.
Source: Telangana Today