COVID-19 Omicron In Israel Increases, Now The Total Is 55 Cases

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JAKARTA - Israel on Saturday, December 11 reported an additional 20 cases of COVID-19 of the Omicron variant, bringing the total to 55 cases, according to the Israeli health ministry.

As reported by Antara, Sunday, December 12, his party said that 36 cases were found in passengers from South Africa, Britain, France, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Belarus, Hungary, Italy, and Namibia.

Authorities added another 11 cases were infected in Israel through close contact with passengers who had recently arrived from South Africa and the UK.

Meanwhile, the remaining eight cases did not have a history of traveling abroad or having contact with people who had recently arrived from other countries.

As many as 13 of the 55 infected people were not injected with the COVID-19 vaccine, or recovered more than six months ago.

Authorities also reported 51 new cases that are most likely Omicron variants, but the results of their genome sequencing have not yet been released.