Tourists walk at the Ben Gurion International Airport after entering Israel by plane, as coronavirus disease COVID - 19 restrictions ease, in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel, May 27, 2021. JERUSALEM, Oct 21 Reuters - Individual tourists who are vaccinated against COVID - 19 will be able to enter Israel from month, the government said on Thursday, further easing curbs on foreign arrivals that were imposed when the pandemic broke out.
A joint plan between the tourism and health ministries and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will allow the admission of foreigners who received vaccines from Pfizer BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and others as of Nov. 1.
The plan is subject to cabinet approval and will be updated in accordance with developments and the discovery of new variants the joint statement said.
Since March 2020, Israel's borders have largely been closed to foreigners. It has allowed in recent months in small groups of vaccinated tourists and first-degree relatives of Israelis.
The tourism ministry has been pushing hard to allow all vaccinated tourists to enter. Israel's economy is open with the exception of the battered tourism sector.
The health ministry has advised caution given the possibility of new coronavirus variants.