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They fight a fifth wave of the virus. others include reducing the number of outlets available to people, and providing vaccinations where the population is high. it fell from 1300 to 900. the number of tests also dropped possibly due to a major storm blowing through the country. im will ripley of hong kong. even before the opening of the u.s. olympics, covid-19 is expected to have a major impact on the games. it is understood that the nhl hockey players will not be participating in the games b...

Anybody thought. >> reporter: for those waiting in massive testing lines now, the changes cant come soon enough. some of these people got here before dawn. the line now stretches around the block. theyve been waiting for three hours in freezing temperatures. should it be this hard to get a test? >> of course not. of course not. >> i understand that the government is trying to get as many people tested and trying to get ahead of this, but i probably got a cold waiting in the cold for three hours....

Of the omicron variant, because most of the cases came from people traveling back into israel. on top of that, theyre extending the use of the green pass to prove vaccination or recovery from covid. theyre also getting workers to work from home from sunday and encouraging the private sector to do so, as well. so israel accepts this fifth wave is going to get worse, but theyre doing everything they can to slow the spread of the omicron variant. >> elliott, many thanks. so lets talk more about t...

Stop this fifth wave from spreading. it knows cases are going to spike and they have already feel spiking. what it does feel it can do is try to slow that spread and do everything possible to reduce its impact. >> well watch to see if other countries do the same. elliott gotkine, joining us live from jerusalem, many thanks. lets talk more about this with dr. jorge rodriguez, a board certified internal medicine specialist. he joins me now from los angeles. thank you, doctor, for all that you do a...

>> israel became the first country in the world to recommend a fourth dose of the covid vaccine. initially it will be made available to over 60s, medical workers and people with suppressed immune systems. if history is any guide, it will quickly be rolled out to other age groups and the rest of the population. the government of coronavirus experts have wonderful news. dont waste time, he said, go get vaccinated. israel battles the omicron variant and a fifth wave of the virus. others include exp...

We are seeing a spike in the number of daily covid cases in israel. the prime minister already said the fifth wave is here. weve seen the cases rising. weve seen them rise above 1300 monday. this is the highest level in two months. we are seeing the arco efficient, the people that suffer is likely to infect. that has been climbing steadily as well. it is 1.28, which is its highest level since august. just 175 confirmed cases and 830 suspected ones. that is the reason they are adding more countri...

>> reporter: in jerusalem, israeli lawmakers have approved adding ten more countries to its no-fly list, including the united states and canada. from 5:00 p.m. tuesday, midnight local time, these countries will be off-limits for israelis unless they get special permission. israel has been steadily adding nations to its red list in a bid to reduce the spread of the omicron variant. most of its 220 confirmed omicron cases were imported by travelers entering the country. as israels fifth wave of co...

Meeting to discuss tough, new measures. the measures arent only going to count for unvaccinated people but vaccinated people as well. the government is saying that those measures will not take hold for christmas but will certainly impact new years eve, making large-scale celebrations all but impossible. >> reporter: im in jerusalem, where senior israeli ministers have been meeting to discuss new covid restrictions in a bid to slow the spread of israels fifth wave. according to public radio, they...

Poland's health minister has said that the fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic is likely to hit its peak in mid-January.

Omicron, most of those cases came from people traveling into israel from overseas. what theyre trying to do by adding countries to the ever expanding so called red list, no fly list, is to try to reduce the number of imported cases. thats why weve 150e7b the u.s., canada, others being added. weve already seen the u.k., much of africa being added to that list as well. they want to reduce the number of imported cases in a bid to slow the spread of omicron. they have accepted the fifth wave is here...