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Israel lifted its ban on travel to Britain at midnight on Thursday after health officials declared the ‘red list’ was having little effect in preventing the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus.
Abolishing its “red list” of countries it previously declared high risk, it means that in addition to the UK, travellers are permitted to visit countries including France, the US, UAE, Canada, South Africa, Spain, Portugal and Turkey.
Travellers will still need to take a PCR test before departing for Israel and must quarantine until they receive the results of a second PCR test once they land. Vaccinated passengers will only need to quarantine for a maximum of 24 hours, while unvaccinated passengers must stay in quarantine for a week.
Currently Israeli officials expect the number of coronavirus infections in the country to reach 50,000 within a week due to the rapid spread of the Omnicron variant – a record in the country.
