The US on Tuesday added Israel to 'Do Not Travel' list amid rising cases of coronavirus in the country. The State Department issued a travel advisory informing Americans about the move. The advisory list, which is updated weekly, is primarily based on the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Travel Health Notice (THN) and secondary factors such as commercial flight availability, restrictions on US citizen entry and obtaining coronavirus test results.
Israel is included in the so-called level IV category, along with other countries such as Iceland, France, Laos, Thailand, Eswatini, Aruba and French Polynesia. There is a spurt in the cases of coronavirus in these countries. The number of cases in Israel has increased in the past few months. Despite the vaccination of more than 60 percent of the population in Israel, cases are increasing there.
Meanwhile, Israeli media have reported that a large proportion of new cases are in people who have received the vaccine. Israel is one of the first countries in the world to start early vaccine programme. Meanwhile, it is the first country to administer third dose of the vaccine to people over the age of 60. Despite this, the number of people infected with COVID-19 continues to rise.
The Health Ministry said that more than 5,000 new cases of infection registered in Israel on Monday, the biggest figure in the last 6 months. Efforts are on in Israel to contain the spread of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus. Israel last reported more than 5,000 cases in a single day on February 14, when 5,190 cases registered.
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