The Director-General of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Nachman Ash, referred to the Omaricon variant in an interview on Reshet Bet.
"It is impossible to issue a call for tranquility over the omicron. It is still spreading in South Africa and we do not know the data about its resistance to the vaccine," Ash said.
On the Prime Minister's wife's trip abroad for a holiday, the director general of the Ministry of Health said: "Publicly elected officials are expected to set a personal example, but the question of family members is more complex. In general, I say this is not the time to travel abroad In principle, it would be good if they stayed in the country, but I do not know all the considerations. "