Thu Nov 11, 2021 – 3:01 pm ESTThu Nov 11, 2021 – 3:19 pm EST
JERUSLAEM (LifeSiteNews) — Israel has carried out a national COVID drill Thursday in preparation for a potential new COVID-19 variant.
The “Omega drill” was named after a fictitious COVID strain. It was announced yesterday on the official website of the Israeli government, and held today at Israel’s National Management Center in Jerusalem; a blast-proof war-bunker designed for the management of nationwide crises.
The drill was led by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who said it was intended to prepare Israel “for any scenario.”
It took the format of three war-game like sessions designed to simulate the passage of time between various scenarios, including lockdown and quarantine measures, the closure of schools, gathering restrictions, curfews, mass-testing, vaccine booster campaigns, etc.
Bennett explained the aim of the exercise in a statement published yesterday on the Israeli government’s website. He said the epidemiological situation in Israel is now better than in the rest of the world.
“We’re always looking ahead and preparing for the continuation of the campaign,” he explained, after claiming that Israel was able to “beat the fourth wave” and was on
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