Israeli PM calls state of emergency in country due to new strain of COVID-19

“We are on the verge of a state of emergency,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

The first case of infection with a new strain of coronavirus B.1.1.529 has been identified in Israel.

He was found with a citizen who had returned from Malawi.

Earlier it became known that the COVID-19 strain identified in South Africa may be more resistant to vaccines.