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Knesset security guard tests positive for Omicron COVID variant
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The Knesset Guard lowers Israeli flags to half-staff outside the Knesset in Jerusalem as a national day of mourning begins for victims of the Meron disaster, May 2, 2021. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset)
A security guard at the Knesset tests positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19, says the Knesset spokesperson.
The guard has not been at work since Sunday. Due to the guard’s case, 21 other security and Knesset personnel as well as United Torah Judaism MK Meir Porush have been instructed to enter quarantine.
Earlier today, Porush accompanied new US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides during his visit to Bnei Brak.
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