Israel closes borders to foreign nationals, two cases detected in Australia

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09:09 : From this evening, foreign nationals will not be able to enter Israel, “except for cases approved by a special committee”. Vaccinated Israeli citizens will be required to take a PCR test and self-quarantine for three days, a measure extended to seven days for those not vaccinated, authorities say. Follow our live.

9:09 a.m. : From this evening, foreign nationals will not be able to enter Israel, “except for cases approved by a special committee”. Vaccinated Israeli citizens will be required to take a PCR test and self-quarantine for three days, a measure extended to seven days for those not vaccinated, authorities say. Follow our live.

09:06 : Australia announces that it has identified two passengers at Sydney airport infected with the Omicronen variant from South Africa. They were placed in solitary confinement. The approximately 260 passengers and crew on that flight were also asked to self-isolate, the health authority said.

9:01 am : To start the day, here is a first point on the news:

• Countries continue to barricade themselves against the threat of the Omicron variant. Israel will ban from this evening the entry of foreign nationals on its territory, a case of which has been confirmed in the country. For its part, Australia announces that it has identified two passengers from South Africa infected with this new variant. Follow our live.

• The elected officials of Guadeloupe asked yesterday for the arrival of an interministerial delegation on the subject of “state powers” after the government put on the table the question of the autonomy of the island, shaken like its neighbor Martinique by a social explosion which again caused violence. Follow our live.
Four days after the worst migratory drama to have occurred in the English Channel, a European meeting is being held today in Calais to strengthen the fight “against the networks of smugglers”. It will be held without the British, excluded by France, while tensions have hardened in recent days on the migration issue.

• 11 departments, from the Pyrenees to the Alps via the Massif Central, have been placed on orange vigilance against snow and ice by Météo France.

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