The Omicron variant has been detected in at least 38 countries but no deaths have yet been reported, the World Health Organization has said, amid warnings...
Officials have revealed that the new Covid-19 variant, Omicron, was present in the Netherlands earlier than previously thought. It was identified in two test samples taken...
Despite Canadian officials’ claims that two passengers from Nigeria tested positive for the Omicron variant of the COVID-19, the Federal Government emphasized on Monday that Nigeria...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Omicron coronavirus variant poses a high risk of infection surges around the globe. The variant could lead...
Rwanda has barred direct flights to and from nine countries in southern Africa, joining a growing list of nations that have imposed travel restrictions over a...
Canada has detected its first cases of the new Omicron variant of Covid-19, in two people who travelled recently to Nigeria. Both patients are in isolation...
South Africa’s president has condemned travel bans enacted against his country and its neighbours over the new coronavirus variant Omicron. Cyril Ramaphosa said he was “deeply...
Japan, the world’s third-biggest economy, will close its borders to all foreigners, while Australia’s plans to re-open to skilled migrants were also in doubt as nations...
Israel is to ban foreigners from entering the country for 14 days and use surveillance to halt the spread of the new Covid strain, ‘Omicron’ according...
South Africa’s health ministry on Friday attacked a global rush to impose travel bans to slow the spread of a new Covid variant as “draconian,” unscientific...