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Following the emergence of a new subspecies of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus in Israel, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has convened for an emergency meeting with health policymakers. Israel will take measures to “preserve the positive results of the fight against the virus,” a statement released yesterday by Bennett’s office said. Among the measures under consideration would be changes in entry regulations.
Bennett called for stepping up epidemiological investigation of the new variant subspecies AY 4.2, and the government leader also called for cooperation with other countries where AY 4.2 has also emerged.
Sub-species also detected in the UK
The Israeli Ministry of Health had reported detection of infection with AY 4.2 late Tuesday night. “The AY 4.2 variant, which has been detected in a number of countries in Europe, has been identified in Israel,” the ministry said in a statement. According to the statement, the infected person was an 11-year-old boy who had entered the country from Europe. The AY 4.2 subspecies has been detected several times in the United Kingdom.
Israel is currently considering easing its CoV restrictions on tourism because of falling infection rates. Previous plans to do so had been dropped by the government because of rising case numbers due to the delta variant. As a result, more than 11,000 CoV infections were detected daily in Israel in late August and early September.
However, in the wake of a campaign for a third CoV vaccination, case numbers declined again. Yesterday, Israeli authorities reported 1,487 new infections within 24 hours.
— source: ORF.at/agencies/picture: pixabay.com
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