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Boris Johnson strains to remain upbeat as new Omicron variant forces rapid crackdown
PM ‘confident’ that this Christmas will be better than the last as he announces a wave of fresh measures Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Less than…
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Early action against Omicron is imperative to avoid devastating consequences | Ewan Birney
Scientists have sprung into action to identify the new Covid variant. We don’t yet know if it is a major threat – but we should not take any chances Coronavirus…
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‘New Zealand will be the loser’: travel sector bemoans slow reopening
Tourism and aviation figures say decision to only let fully vaccinated non-citizens enter in April will hold country back Lyn Rickman and her family were hoping to travel across the…
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Boris Johnson outlines new restrictions after Omicron variant detected in UK – video
Boris Johnson has announced further measures to curb the spread of coronavirus after two cases of the new strain were detected in the UK. Covid news – live updates Continue…
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Omicron’s full impact will be felt in countries where fewer are vaccinated
Analysis: the new coronavirus variant seems highly transmissible, but the big question is whether it causes severe disease. Either way, poorer nations will be hit hardest Coronavirus – latest updates…
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Coronavirus: British Airways temporarily suspends passenger flights to and from Hong Kong
British Airways has temporarily suspended passenger flights to and from Hong Kong after more of its aircrew were sent to a government quarantine camp.Two separate sources said the British flag…
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World scrambles to contain Omicron coronavirus variant
The emergence of a coronavirus variant with a large number of mutations could pose new challenges for China but too little was known about the strain, according to one of…
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South Africa complains flight bans are ‘punishment’ for it detecting Omicron, new Covid-19 variant
South Africa has complained it is being “punished” for detecting a new Covid-19 variant which the World Health Organization has termed a “variant of concern” and is more transmissible than…
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China risks ‘colossal Covid-19 outbreak’ by opening up, study finds
China could face more than 630,000 coronavirus infections a day if it dropped its zero-tolerance approach and followed other countries by lifting travel bans, according to forecasting by Peking University…
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Netherlands says 61 positive for Covid-19 on flights from South Africa; UAE ‘gives everyone a vaccine’
The Netherlands says 61 flight passengers arriving from South Africa have tested positive for the virus amid worldwide concern about the new variant first detected there.Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates…