The Constitution Committee today approved the layout of entry and exit from Israel and brought forward the obligation to enter hotels from midnight to 18:00.
Fifty countries in Africa have been declared red due to the spread of the Omicron strain, and Israelis have been banned from entering:
South Africa: Angola, Aswatini, Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Letosu, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Reunion.
Central Africa: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo.
East Africa: Ethiopia, Uganda, Eritrea, Burundi, Djibouti, South Sudan, Tanzania, Madagascar, Kenya, Somalia, Seychelles, Comoros, Mauritius, Rwanda.
West Africa: Burkina Faso, Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Togo, Cape Verde, Liberia, Mauritania, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad, St. Helena.
According to the outline, Israelis returning from these countries will perform a PCR test upon landing in Israel, after which they will be transferred to solitary confinement at the Corona Hotel until an answer is received. After receiving a negative answer, they will be transferred for further home isolation and on the seventh day they will perform another PCR test. Subject to a negative answer on the second test, they will be released from solitary confinement. Those who come out positive on the test will stay in the motel until a recovery certificate is received.
Those entering Israel from South Africa, Botswana, Malawi and Ethiopia have been subject to the obligation of isolation in hotels since Friday and the committee has brought forward the obligation to enter from the other 46 countries to 18:00 tonight (instead of midnight).