Israel has issued a 14-day ban on foreigners entering the country to limit the spread of the newly detected Omicron COVID-19 strain. The ban will go into effect on Sunday at midnight pending full cabinet approval, local media reported. “The entry of foreign nationals into Israel is banned except for cases approved by a special committee,” the prime minister’s office said in a statement. Several countries have banned travelers from southern African countries since the Omicron variant, a new strain of COVID-19, was first detected there on Thursday. Israel has so far confirmed one case of the Omi…

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