Health minister: Israel doing well compared to rest of world in coping with Omicron

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz speaks during a press conference at a vaccine center for children in Tel Aviv on November 23, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz speaks during a press conference at a vaccine center for children in Tel Aviv on November 23, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz says in a press conference that Israel is “in a good place” relative to other countries in terms of its handling of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant.

Horowitz says the government identified the rise of the new variant quickly and took immediate steps that have prevented the country from being hit as hard as others.

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