Fri Feb 18, 2022 – 2:16 pm EST
JERUSALEM (LifeSiteNews) — Israeli officials are once again performing a u-turn on COVID restrictions, as Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced February 17 that the restrictive COVID “Green Pass” for access to public venues will no longer be used as of March 1.
Following a meeting with public health officials, including Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, Bennett announced that Israel’s Green Pass mandate would expire on March 1 and not be renewed, although certain testing requirements would remain, along with mask mandates.
“We were the first country to close its gates in the Omicron wave; therefore, this is also the time for a gradual relaxation,” declared Bennett, who assumed office last summer. “The wave is breaking. We are seeing a decline in the number of severely ill.”
At the moment, Israel’s Green Pass is mandatory for entering public venues and events. It is available for those who have received the required full dose of vaccines — currently two or three doses of a COVID injection — and for people who have recovered from a COVID infection. Bennett’s government already announced it would remove the Green Pass COVID vaccine passport for
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