One of those infected with the South African variant of covid-19 traveled In a bus from Israel's central district to Eilat. The Ministry of Health has not yet located which bus exactly was taken.

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz addressed the be strain of COVID-19, saying that "We have identified four cases of this strain in Israel already." "This variant originated in Africa and according to preliminary data it can be very contagious. We observed and took into account the spread of another variant and took care of the supervision at Ben Gurion Airport." "There is no need to get alarmed. We must remain calm - the situation is under control. We are checking this variant's resistance to vaccination."

524 new verified corona were diagnosed yesterday (Thursday) in Israel after 77,296 tests were performed.The hospitals hospitalize 120 patients whose condition is severe, of whom 72 are In respirators. The death toll from Corona in Israel stands at 8,182 people.

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked commented In the new strain of COVID-19 and called for faster vaccination of the public."We need to vaccinate faster," Shaked said. "Take your children to get vaccinated, and if you have not already received a booster shot, it is urgent that you do so as soon as possible."

The Coordinator of Government Operations in the Occupied Territories, Major General Rassan Aliyan, this morning (Friday) attacked the leader of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization, Ziad Nahala, In the Palestinian Public Facebook page (Al-Monsk), after the latter criticized the residents of the Gaza Strip who registered for a trade permit to work in Israel, during an interview with the Lebanese channel Al-Miyadin. "How easy it is for you to judge the people of Gaza," General Aliyan wrote to Nahala, attaching a cartoon in which Ziad was seen In a plane, as an example of his many flights around the world, while calling In permit applicants: "Why do you choose a livelihood?"

In a discussion with the Prime Minister, the head of the Public Health Services, Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, raised the possibility of completely closing Ben-Gurion Airport for a week, in order to prevent the entry of the new variant.

Shmuel Imergrin, father of seriously wounded victim of Western Wall shooting attack, requests the public pray for his son's recovery.

"Our operations will have a certain price, an economic price, and we are preparing to help those who need it. Until the coronavirus cabinet convenes In Saturday night, all African countries are defined from this moment as red countries," Bennett said.