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Israel Banning Travel to the US and Canada Over Omicron Variant

Headline from NBC Los Angeles, from the development of Dec 20, 2021

Newest development Dec 21, 2021 · 3 reportsIsrael lawmakers approve US travel ban to curb Omicron

Israeli ministers have agreed to ban travel to the United States, Canada and eight other countries amid the rapid, global spread of the omicron variant

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Developments in this update

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  1. Israel Bans U.S. Travel Over Covid—As UK Reports 48% 1-Day Omicron Surge

    Headline from Forbes ·

  2. Names this update

    Israel Banning Travel to the US and Canada Over Omicron Variant

    Headline from NBC Los Angeles ·

  3. Newest

    Israel lawmakers approve US travel ban to curb Omicron

    Headline from France 24 ·

Reports & sources

45 articles, oldest first.

  1. Forbes

    Israel Bans U.S. Travel Over Covid—As UK Reports 48% 1-Day Omicron Surge (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Restrictions to curb the spread of the virus were imposed around Europe.

  2. France 24

    Israel set to ban travel to US as Covid curbs widen (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Israel's health ministry Sunday recommended banning Israelis from travelling to the United States, and added several European countries to its Covid "red list", aimed at containing the Omicron varian…

  3. NBC Los Angeles

    Israel Banning Travel to the US and Canada Over Omicron Variant (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    Israeli ministers have agreed to ban travel to the United States, Canada and eight other countries amid the rapid, global spread of the omicron variant

  4. WFMZ Allentown

    Israel to ban travel to US, Canada over omicron variant (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Israeli ministers have agreed to ban travel to the United States, Canada and eight other countries amid the rapid, global spread of the omicron variant. The rare decision Monday to

  5. Washington Times

    Israel to ban travel to U.S., Canada over omicron variant (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    Israeli ministers on Monday agreed to ban travel to the United States, Canada and eight other countries amid the rapid, global spread of the omicron variant.

  6. Foxla

    Israel to ban travel to US, Canada due to omicron variant concerns (opens Foxla)

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    Foxla's feed description

    Israel will ban travel to the United States, Canada and eight other countries amid the rapid, global spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus.

  7. The Daily Caller

    Israel Poised To Ban Travel To US Amid Omicron Variant Fears (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    Israel ministers have agreed to ban travel to the U.S. and nine other countries as the Omicron variant continues to spread, the country announced Monday.

  8. Townhall

    Israel Bans Travel to US (opens Townhall)

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    The United States has been added to Israel’s “no-fly” list over concerns about the increase in Omicron cases."Omicron is already in Israel and it is spreading fast...The fifth wave has

  9. The Hill

    Israel bans travel to US, citing omicron (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    Israel announced on Monday that the United States has been added to the country's "no-fly" list due to fears over the spread of the COVID-19 omicron variant,

  10. Deutsche Welle

    COVID: Israel bans travel to US amid omicron concerns | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    As the omicron coronavirus variant takes hold across the world, Israel has placed a ban on all travel to the United States. Germany has also been added to the "no-fly" list.

  11. NBC News

    Israel bans travel to U.S. over omicron concerns (opens NBC News)

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    Israel on Monday added the U.S.to its “no-fly” list, citing concerns over the spread of the Covid-19 omicron variant.

  12. Fox News

    Israel moves to ban travel to US due to omicron variant concerns (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday announced that his cabinet approved a travel ban to the U.S. due to rising concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 omicron variant.

  13. Los Angeles Times

    Israel to ban travel to the U.S., Canada and 8 other countries over Omicron variant (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    The rare move by the Israeli government to red-list the U.S. for travel comes amid rising coronavirus infections at home from the Omicron variant.

  14. Al-Monitor

    Israel bans travel to US as omicron variant spreads (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Al-Monitor's feed description

    Israeli citizens are barred from traveling to the United States and more than 50 other countries without explicit permission.

  15. The Week

  16. Washington Examiner

    Israel issues travel ban to US due to omicron fears: 'The fifth wave has begun' (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Israel announced Monday it has issued a travel ban to the United States due to concerns over the spread of the omicron variant.

  17. France 24

    Israel lawmakers approve US travel ban to curb Omicron (opens France 24)

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    Israeli lawmakers on Tuesday banned citizens and residents from US travel, adding it to a list of more than 50 countries declared off-limits in an effort to contain the Omicron coronavirus variant.

  18. NPR

    Israel takes action to control the spread of the omicron variant (opens NPR)

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    Israel is banning its citizens from traveling to the U.S. and dozens of other countries, hoping to control the newest coronavirus variant, and allow Israel to avoid shutting down the economy.

  19. The Times of Israel

    Knesset panel okays US travel ban in race to curb Omicron spread (opens The Times of Israel)

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    The Times of Israel's feed description

    Expansion of no-fly list will also include Italy, Canada, Germany and Turkey, as ministry announces that over 650 of confirmed or suspected Omicron cases have come from abroad

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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