JERUSALEM – Israel has logged eight cases of a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) variant first identified in India.
An initial seven cases of the Indian variant were detected in Israel last week among people arriving from abroad and who have since undergone preliminary testing, the Health Ministry said.
Britain and Ireland have also said they are investigating the variant after detecting it within their borders.
Israel, whose population is 9.3 million, has fully vaccinated around 81 percent of its residents over the age of 16. COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are down sharply.(Reuters)
