Israel Bans U.S. Travel Over Covid—As UK Reports 48% 1-Day Omicron Surge

Israel announced on Sunday that it will ban travel between the US and Israel to prevent the spread of the omicron variant and Covid-19, which are on the rise in the U.S.
The El Al Israel Airlines Boeing plane is at Boryspil Airport.

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The US, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Switzerland and Turkey will be banned from travelling to Israel because of high Covid-19 infections.
Over 12,000 new omicron cases were reported in the U.K. Saturday, a 48% increase from the day before, and the country reported over 37,000 total cases of the variant.
The World Health Organization says that Omicron is found in 89 countries, and it is the dominant strain in Ireland.
The Netherlands is the first European country to re-impose drastic restrictions because of the variant.
Germany banned travelers from the U.K. to prevent the spread of omicron.

citizens took to the streets in protest over the weekend as new restrictions were imposed in Belgium, France and the U.K.
Over 260 million. There are Covid-19 cases reported around the world. The U.S., the U.K., Germany, France and Russia have the highest number of cases in the last 28 days.
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White House Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that it was raging through the world.
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The U.K. set a record for the most daily cases of coronaviruses reported in a single day on Wednesday. There was a decrease in the number of cases in South Africa on Friday.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that Omicron was 3.0% of U.S. coronaviruses infections in the week ending December 11.

South Africa's Peak is Declining while the U.K. sets a record for the third day in a row.
The U.K. sets a new record.