Japan on Monday joined Israel and Morocco in barring foreign travelers from entering the country as nations worldwide make sweeping new travel restrictions over concerns about the new Omicron COVID-19 variant.
 

All foreigners will be banned from entering Japan starting at midnight on Monday as "an emergency evacuation precautionary measure," the Prime Minister's Office wrote on Twitter.
 

Meanwhile, Israel's coronavirus cabinet on Saturday decided to close its international airport to foreign arrivals for two weeks, according to local media reports.
 

The cabinet also authorized an Israeli security agency to use cellphone monitoring to track cases of the Omicron variant through Thursday, the Prime Minister's Office said on Sunday.
 

Morocco's foreign ministry on Sunday said that it was suspending all flights to the North African country starting on Monday night for a two-week period.
 

The measures are the strictest taken by nations in response to the new B.1.1.529 variant, which was labeled a "variant of concern" by the World Health Organization on Friday.
 

至少14个国家和地区发现“奥密克戎”病例
以色列摩洛哥日本宣布封国

欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩当地时间11月28日表示，为了应对新冠病毒变异株“奥密克戎”，世界各国必须与时间赛跑，因为科学家和研发人员需要数周的时间才能完全了解这种新变种。
 

目前，至少14个国家和地区发现了“奥密克戎”病例。截至29日，至少有44个国家和地区对南非实施了旅游禁令，以色列、摩洛哥和日本则全面封国，暂时禁止外国人入境。

多国发出旅游禁令 三个国家宣布全面封国

当地时间11月28日，荷兰宣布有13人被确认感染了“奥密克戎”变异株，他们均是从南非旅行回来入境的，荷兰因此成为目前欧洲发现感染“奥密克戎”变异株病例最多的国家。加拿大卫生官员28日也确认了该国首例“奥密克戎”病例。携带这种变种的共有两人，最近都从尼日利亚旅行回来。加拿大已经要求对所有旅客在抵达点检测。
 

截至29日，至少14个国家和地区发现了“奥密克戎”病例，包括南非、博茨瓦纳、比利时、加拿大、澳大利亚、荷兰、丹麦、英国、德国、以色列、意大利、捷克共和国等地。
 

由于对“奥密克戎”的担忧，美国、英国、欧盟国家和澳大利亚率先实施了针对南非等9个国家的旅行禁令。日本、卢旺达、中国香港地区和台湾地区也随后收紧对非洲至少6个国家的旅游管制。而以色列、摩洛哥和日本已宣布全面封国，禁止所有外国人进入该国。以色列的总理贝内特表示，该禁令将持续14天。日本首相岸田文雄宣布，受“奥密克戎”变异株的影响，从11月30日零时起，暂停所有国家和地区外国人新的入境。

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