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Masked travelers use their smartphones to fill in their health declaration after checking in at the international flight check in counter at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, Dec. 29, 2022. (AP/Andy Wong)
December 30, 2022, 2:28 pm
Israel joins nations requiring travelers from China to submit negative COVID tests
Measure does not apply to Israeli citizens, who have been advised to avoid all unnecessary travel to China amid surge in virus cases as Beijing lifts zero-COVID policy
By ToI Staff and AP
File: Passengers wearing masks walk through Beijing Capital Airport terminal, in China, December 13, 2022. (AP/Ng Han Guan)
December 29, 2022, 2:36 am
US, others to require travelers from China to submit negative COVID tests
Beginning January 5, America-bound passengers must test for virus no more than two days before flying, as cases in China jump following end of zero-COVID policy
By Carla K. Johnson
An arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport, on November 28, 2021, heads to a mandatory COVID test. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 3, 2022, 8:31 pm
Israel said expected to soon scrap mandatory airport COVID tests for arrivals
Reports say requirement to take test, which travelers must pay for themselves, could be dropped at start of June
By ToI Staff
Medical technicians test passengers for COVID-19 at Ben Gurion Airport, on March 8, 2021. (Flash90)
April 26, 2022, 8:51 pm
Second new Omicron subvariant detected among travelers — ministry
First 2 cases of BA.5 reported in Israel; ministry also announces another infection from BA.4 subvariant, both of which are spreading in South Africa
By ToI Staff
A medical technician tests a traveler for COVID-19 at Ben Gurion Airport, on June 30, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
April 26, 2022, 2:37 pm
Health Ministry says new COVID variant not raising alarms yet
Knesset committee told officials will meet in coming weeks to discuss lifting further restrictions, including quarantine for positive cases
By ToI Staff
A technician collects swab samples for COVID-19 at Ben Gurion International Airport on March 2, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/ Flash90)
April 25, 2022, 10:43 pm
Health Ministry: 3 cases of new Omicron subvariant detected among arrivals in Israel
Passengers from South Africa, Singapore and Italy found to be infected with BA.4; Health Minister Horowitz says no reason to worry at this time
By ToI Staff
A medical technician tests a traveler for COVID-19 at Ben Gurion Airport, on June 30, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
April 23, 2022, 11:52 pm
Former COVID czar calls for end to airport tests for arrivals
Prof. Ronni Gamzu says that checks are irrelevant now, find only ‘small percentage’ of daily infections
By ToI Staff
A sign for the Food and Drug Administration is seen in Silver Spring, Maryland, on December 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
April 15, 2022, 7:47 am
In first, US authorities authorize COVID breathalyzer test
FDA says InspectIR device can provide results in less than 3 minutes, has over 90 percent accuracy in identifying samples as negative or positive
By AP
People get tested for COVID-19 at a testing center at Habima square in Tel Aviv on January 4, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 21, 2022, 10:23 am
Daily COVID cases rise to over 12,000 for first time in nearly a month
Transmission rate climbs to 1.23 but serious cases still steady, amid fears of resurgent pandemic
By ToI Staff
Arriving travelers at Ben Gurion Airport on December 19, 2021. (Flash90)
February 20, 2022, 6:38 pm
Israel to open to unvaccinated tourists starting March 1
Under new plan, tourists must submit to pre- and post-flight PCR tests, but returning Israelis will no longer need to show a negative COVID test before flying home
By ToI Staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) listens to French President Emmanuel Macron during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on February 7, 2022. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
February 18, 2022, 2:33 pm
Are DNA hacking fears behind leaders opting for Putin’s long table over COVID tests?
The worries are likely farfetched, but experts say bad actors could potentially generate a genetic scandal, not a presidential clone
By Mallika Sen
A medical technician tests a traveler for COVID-19 at Ben Gurion Airport, on June 30, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 13, 2022, 11:46 pm
Rapid PCR tests at Ben Gurion Airport will soon offer results in 4 hours — report
Channel 12 says optional fast coronavirus tests, just as reliable as regular ones, will cost double the price and allow shorter quarantine for arrivals
By ToI Staff
A worker in the COVID ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on February 9, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
February 10, 2022, 12:55 pm
Serious cases, transmission rate fall further as Omicron ebbs
1,123 hospitalized in serious condition; 36,835 new cases diagnosed Wednesday, bringing active cases to 324,802
By ToI Staff
Medical staff wearing safety gear as they work in the coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on January 20, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
February 9, 2022, 6:05 pm
Serious COVID-19 cases continue to decline as Omicron further ebbs
Health official says exit from latest wave likely to take weeks; 1,161 hospitalized in serious condition; transmission rate drops to 0.79 — lowest since October
By ToI Staff
An illustration of a COVID-19 rapid antigen home test kit in Jerusalem on January 9, 2022. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
February 7, 2022, 4:00 pm
Officials say two-thirds of students are not submitting home COVID test results
Health Ministry official calls statistic ‘disturbing,’ but Education Ministry official claims plan is working
By Amy Spiro
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