Cases of new unidentified COVID-19 variant reported in Israel
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While the world thought it might have seen the back of COVID-19, Israel's health ministry announced the discovery of a new coronavirus variant, which may be a combination of two Omicron sub-variants of the novel virus. According to a report in Haaretz, the new variant was reported during RT-PCR testing on two people who had arrived at the Ben Gurion Airport in Lod.