Jerusalem: Israeli Minister on Monday was approved placing the United States and Canada on the Red List of Coronavirus travel as an Omicron variant spread throughout the world.
The rare step to the US red list came amid increasing infection in Israel.
The US will join a list of European countries and other objectives of Israel from traveling, and where the travelers return must remain in quarantine.
The Parliamentary Committee is expected to provide final approval.
After being ratified, the travel ban will apply at midnight on Wednesday.
Israel has seen a surge in new cases of the Coronavirus variant which is more contagious in recent weeks, and starts closing the border and limiting the trip at the end of November.
Other countries agreed to add to travel prohibitions are Belgium, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Switzerland and Turkey.
Israel added us, Canada to travel forbid omicron variants
