Israel Set to Lift All COVID-19 Travel Bans Amid Omicron Wave

Israel Set to Lift All COVID-19 Travel Bans Amid Omicron Wave
A view of a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft of Israel's El Al at Ben Gurion Airport in Lod, east of Tel Aviv, on Dec. 21, 2021. Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty Images
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TEL AVIV, Israel—Travelers from the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries should be cleared for landing in Israel, the Health Ministry recommended on Thursday.

The ministry said all countries should be removed from Israel’s “red” no-travel list, including the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Ethiopia, the United Kingdom, Tanzania, Mexico, Switzerland and Turkey. The decision is one of several rapid changes in policy for Israel as the super-contagious omicron variant sets infection records around the world.