omicron Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/omicron/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Sun, 16 Jan 2022 00:18:28 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 Israel minister has virus after fourth jab https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-minister-has-virus-after-fourth-jab/ https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-minister-has-virus-after-fourth-jab/#respond Sun, 16 Jan 2022 00:18:28 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=133065 Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman says he has tested positive for COVID-19 and will self-isolate but continue working from home. “I feel good and will isolate in the next few days,” Lieberman said on Twitter. Foreign Minister Yair Lapid tested positive on Monday. Lieberman has faced some public criticism for not providing more government aid […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-minister-has-virus-after-fourth-jab/feed/ 0 133065 IDF cancels training, malls scale back operations, amid spike in Omicron cases https://www.jwire.com.au/idf-cancels-training-malls-scale-back-operations-amid-spike-in-omicron-cases/ https://www.jwire.com.au/idf-cancels-training-malls-scale-back-operations-amid-spike-in-omicron-cases/#respond Thu, 13 Jan 2022 06:37:17 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=133012 The ministerial committee on fighting the coronavirus convened on Tuesday night for the first time in three weeks to discuss “the continued effort to combat the Omicron strain” as the virus continued to cause disarray in the country. The meeting lasted for some four hours, and the ministers reportedly complained about its length and that […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/idf-cancels-training-malls-scale-back-operations-amid-spike-in-omicron-cases/feed/ 0 133012 Israel spirals into chaos as Omicron variant runs rampant https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-spirals-into-chaos-as-omicron-variant-runs-rampant/ https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-spirals-into-chaos-as-omicron-variant-runs-rampant/#respond Mon, 10 Jan 2022 06:42:54 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=132936 Israel has descended into apparent chaos and mass confusion as the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Variant is ripping through the country and the government appears to have given up on confronting the challenge. The country registered an estimated 20,000 daily cases over the weekend, an all-time high, and expects over one million Israelis to be infected in […]

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