The Israeli Government has approved the closure of Ben-Gurion Airport from tomorrow night until next Sunday in order to prevent the entry of additional mutated coronavirus variants into Israel.
Israeli PM Netanyahu on travel ban:
"We are closing Ben Gurion Airport…we're acting faster than the rest of the world. No country has done what we are about to do, we are closing the skies in order to prevent the entry of mutations and variants of the virus." pic.twitter.com/wnXSxSOrLa— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) January 24, 2021