Several countries rush to contain highly-contagious new Covid variant with fresh travel curbs
Israel bars entry to foreign nationals and the use of controversial technology for contact tracing as part of its efforts to clamp down on a new coronavirus variant.
The strictest among them is Israel, which said it would close its borders to all foreigners in a bid to curb the spread of the variant - just four weeks after reopening to tourists after a prolonged closure due to Covid-19. In the Netherlands, 61 passengers tested positive after arriving on two flights from South Africa in an ordeal one passenger described as "Dystopia Central Airline Hallway".
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