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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets British Cabinet Minister Michael Gove at the Prime Minister s Office in Jerusalem, April 20, 2021. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met the British minister in charge of the UK’s pandemic response, Michael Gove, in his Jerusalem office on Tuesday, amid plans to establish a “green” travel corridor between the countries with mutual recognition of vaccinations following the successful immunization drives in both nations.
Netanyahu and Gove discussed “the option of increasing cooperation in the research, development and manufacturing of vaccines against the coronavirus and future viruses,” according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office.
Israel, UK explore creating ‘green corridor’ for vaccinated travelers
Israel, UK explore creating ‘green corridor’ for vaccinated travelers
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and visiting British Cabinet Minister Michael Gove discuss mutual recognition of their countries’ vaccine certificates, as well as cooperation in combating future viruses.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with visiting U.K. Cabinet Minister Michael Gove at the Prime Minister s Office in Jerusalem, April 20, 2021. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.
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(April 21, 2021 / JNS) Israel and the United Kingdom are exploring the creation of a “green travel corridor” between the two countries, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement.
An El Al plane is seen on the ground in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Aug. 31, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Nir Elias / Pool.
The accord, which is the result of a joint effort by Israel’s Health and Foreign ministries, was signed by Israel’s Health Minister Yuli Edelstein and was attended by his Emirati counterpart Abdul Rahman Bin Mohammed Al Owais.
As part of the agreement, Israel and the UAE will cooperate in a wide variety of fields and projects within the healthcare sphere.
These will include joint efforts against pandemics, cybersecurity, and data protection in healthcare, medical training, innovation, artificial intelligence, and other high-tech endeavors.
Israel is partying like it s 2019. With most adults now vaccinated against the coronavirus and restrictions falling away - including the lifting this week of outdoor mask requirements - Israelis are joyously resuming routines that were disrupted more than a year ago and providing a glimpse of what the future could hold for other countries. Restaurants are booming outside and in. Concerts, bars and hotels are open to those who can flash their vaccine certificates. Classrooms are back to pre-covid capacity. The rate of new infections has plummeted - from a peak of almost 10,000 a day to about 140 - and the number of serious coronavirus cases in many hospitals is down to single digits. The emergency Covid-19 ward at Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv resumed duty as a parking garage, and waiting rooms are suddenly flooded with non-Covid patients coming for long-deferred treatments.