Israel warns of looming emergency after its first case of omicron, new COVID..

Source: The Hill | November 26, 2021 | Sarakshi Rai

Israel warns of looming emergency after its first case of omicron, new COVID-19 variant

Israel Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Friday that the country is “on the threshold of an emergency situation” after it detected its first case of omicron, the new South African strain of coronavirus.

The Israeli Health Ministry said it detected the new strain in a traveler who had returned from Malawi, and that it is investigating two other suspected cases, The Associated Press reported.

Bennett said the new variant is more contagious and spreads more rapidly than the delta variant. He added that authorities are still gathering data on how effective the coronavirus vaccines will be against the variant.

“We are currently at the threshold of an emergency situation,” he said, per the AP. “I ask everyone to be prepared and to fully join in the work around the clock.”

The ministry said the three cases were all in vaccinated individuals, though their inoculation details were still being verified, The Times of Israel said.

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