“We are doing everything we can to prevent the mutation from entering Israel,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, referring to a new, more contagious strain of the coronavirus discovered in the UK.
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El Al plane which is carrying Israeli and U.S. delegations to Abu Dhabi departure from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi, at the Ben-Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, August 31, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90