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Tuesday, December 21, 2021
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Foreign Minister Lapid discusses Omicron variant with global counterparts
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Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaks during a Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Knesset, on November 8, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid takes part in a Zoom meeting with 17 of his counterparts from around the world to discuss the Omicron outbreak.
“We bought time with closing the skies and we’re doing everything we can to use that time to vaccinate more adults and children,” Lapid tells the ministers. He also tells the group that Israel has donated one million vaccine doses to African nations.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the forum “discussed regional impacts of the Omicron variant and policy responses going forward,” noting that “the emergence of variants underscores the urgent need to accelerate efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic.”
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