Israel on Saturday unveiled new plans to ban all foreigners into the country, a world-first in efforts to curb the spread of the newly detected COVID-19 variant called Omicron. The nation has also revealed plans to use counter-terrorism phone-tracking technology to surveil the new variant’s spread. The travel ban to all foreigners would last 14 days, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in a statement. The new measures, which still require government approved, come after Israel announced a smaller-scale travel ban on Friday for foreigners coming from most African countries. Officials hope that within the 14-day period, more information about how effective COVID-19 vaccines are against the new CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus strain may emerge. Omicron was first detected in southern Africa and has been dubbed a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization. It has since also been detected in Belgium, Hong Kong, Italy, Germany, and the United Kingdom. “Our …