The entire world is in panic mode right now over the new variant of COVID-19 that is said to be heavily mutated. Now, Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is speaking out to warn that his country is “on the threshold of an emergency situation” in the wake of the first case of the new omicron variant being found there.

Israel’s Health Ministry issued a statement saying that it detected the new strain in an individual who was returning from Malawi, and officials are reportedly looking into two other suspected cases as well. All three of the investigated people had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and they were placed in isolation.

During a meeting with the Israeli cabinet on Friday, Bennett claimed that the new variant is even more contagious than the delta variant and that it spreads quicker as well. Officials are still trying to figure out whether this variant evades vaccines and is deadlier than previous strains.

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

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Since the start of COVID-19, Israel has reported at least 8,182 deaths from the virus, and it currently has over 7,000 active cases.

This comes after The World Health Organization named this variant omicron and dubbed it “a variant of concern.”

“Based on the evidence presented indicative of a detrimental change in COVID-19 epidemiology… the WHO has designated B.1.1.529 as a variant of concern, named Omicron,” the WHO said in a statement obtained by The Times Of Israel.


U.S. President Joe Biden has banned travel from the following eight countries in the southern part of Africa: South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique, and Malawi.

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“In addition, I call on the nations gathering next week for the World Trade Organization ministerial meeting to meet the U.S. challenge to waive intellectual property protections for COVID vaccines, so these vaccines can be manufactured globally. I endorsed this position in April; this news today reiterates the importance of moving on this quickly,” Biden said, according to Politico.

Medical experts have also warned the public against overreacting, citing other COVID-19 variants like Beta that did not spread nearly as fast as delta is. Despite this, world leaders all over the globe are already responding with new restrictions and travel bans. It remains to be seen whether or not they’re making the right moves.

This piece was written by James Samson on November 26, 2021. It originally appeared in RedVoiceMedia.com and is used by permission.

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