Israel bans travel to US as omicron variant spreads
Israeli citizens are barred from traveling to the United States and more than 50 other countries without explicit permission.
Israel has banned travel to the United States and nine other countries experiencing a surge of coronavirus infections caused by the fast-spreading omicron variant.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office announced Monday that the United States along with Italy, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Morocco, Portugal, Canada, Switzerland and Turkey have been added to Israel’s “red list.”
