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President Mahmoud Abbas extended a state of emergency on Sunday for 30 days in the Palestinian territories due to the emergence of the new Omicron COVID-19 strain, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported The decree came after Israel reported its first cases of the new Omicron variant of Covid-19, which has caused alarm around the world due to its rapid spread and possible resistance to existing vaccines. Palestinian Authority health minister Mai al-Kaila told reporters in Ramallah that her ministry is not sure if there are currently any cases infected with the new strain in the Pale…