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Monday, August 17, 2020
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Monday, August 17, 2020
New rules to ease tourist entry coming by month’s end, health official says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsrael’s deputy health chief tells lawmakers that a framework for allowing tourists into the country from countries with low rates of infection would be presented by the end of the month.
The news could mean the beginning of a recovery from pandemic-induced collapse that has gripped the tourism industry since March.
“By the end of the month there will be a framework for tourists to enter in controlled ‘capsules’ [small groups] from ‘green’ countries,” or countries with low infection rates, Health Ministry Deputy Director General Itamar Grotto tells the Knesset State Control Committee on Monday.
The Health Ministry will offer more details to the public at a planned Monday evening press conference, the ministry says.
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