{"id":71828,"date":"2021-07-02T08:08:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T12:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=71828"},"modified":"2021-07-02T08:08:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T12:08:04","slug":"heres-how-israel-is-being-used-to-set-the-global-stage-for-the-next-covid-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=71828","title":{"rendered":"Here’s how Israel is being used to set the global stage for the next Covid lockdown."},"content":{"rendered":"

Fully Vaccinated Israelis May Be Forced To Quarantine After Exposure To “Delta” Variant<\/h1>\n

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

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As concerns about the threat posed by the “Delta” variant, a mutant strain of COVID-19 first discovered in India that’s believed to be much more dangerous than rival strains, intensify, Israeli health officials have just been given the authority to quarantine pretty much anybody who is exposed to “Delta”, even if the individual is already fully vaccinated, Reuters<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

The heavy-handed decision comes after a warning by new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday over new outbreaks caused by “Delta” . Bennett complained that daily infections have been rising again in Israel after weeks of a low plateau credited to the country’s record mass-vaccination drive.<\/p>\n

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Under the updated Health Ministry directive, vaccinated or formerly infected people can be ordered to self-isolate for up to 14 days if authorities suspect they may have passed in “close contact with a carrier of a dangerous virus variant.”<\/p>\n

This could include having been passengers on the same plane, the ministry said, a possible dampener on Israel’s gradual opening of its borders to vaccinated summer tourists.<\/p>\n

Addressing the Knesset (Israel’s parliament), Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said fines of “thousands of shekels” might be levied against Israeli citizens or residents who travel to countries blacklisted as high COVID-19 risks.<\/p>\n

On June 16, the Health Ministry listed Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, India, Mexico and Russia as off-limits to Israeli citizens or residents unless they receive special permission.<\/p>\n

Some 55% of Israel’s 9.3MM population have received both doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, and a steep drop in cases had prompted most economic restrictions to be lifted. But just days earlier, Israel announced plans to start vaccinating teenagers between the ages of 12 and 15.<\/p>\n