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Coronavirus: will flight bans stop the new Omicron variant from running rampant?
A new coronavirus variant identified in southern Africa is leading to a new round of travel restrictions just as globally many had finally begun to ease.The risks of the variant,…
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China locks down city on Russian border after three Covid-19 cases detected
China has locked down a small northern city bordering Russia, in its latest move to contain a series of sporadic cases in different parts of the vast country.Manzhouli in Inner…
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Coronavirus: as business lunches return, calls grow for Hong Kong to ease strict pandemic restrictions, boost recovery
Hong Kong’s paralysed business scene is showing signs of revival from the coronavirus pandemic as in-person events and lunches return, amid calls for the city’s strict social-distancing curbs to be…
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Coronavirus: Omicron variant prompts South Korea, Australia, Japan, Philippines, Thailand to impose travel curbs
South Korea said on Saturday it will restrict arrivals from South Africa and seven other nations over concern about a new Covid-19 variant identified in the region.The Korea Disease Control…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong further tightens quarantine rules on arrivals from 8 African nations in fight against new ‘Omicron’ variant
Hong Kong has further tightened quarantine rules for its residents arriving from eight African countries following the detection of a new, highly infectious coronavirus variant, requiring them to complete the…
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Australia live news updates: Greg Hunt closes border to southern Africa in response to Omicron Covid variant; five deaths and new protests in Victoria
Australians attempting to return from nine African nations to be subject to hotel quarantine Covid live: WHO names new variant ‘Omicron’; US and Canada bring in travel curbs Queensland Human…
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Covid live: WHO calls Omicron variant of concern; New York declares ‘disaster emergency’
ECDC follows WHO in threat assessment of new variant; countries bar foreign nationals from several southern African nations; UK sees most new infections for a month First European case of…
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Covid forces rugby teams and golfers in South Africa to race for flights home
Cardiff and Scarlets say they are struggling to escape Joburg Open disrupted as host of players withdraw Coronavirus – latest updates | All our coronavirus coverage Cardiff and the Scarlets…
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Netherlands to shut down at night in coronavirus battle
The Netherlands will be “effectively closed” in the evenings with bars, restaurants and shops shutting early to curb a spike in Covid-19 cases, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday.Dozens…
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US to restrict travel from southern Africa over Omicron Covid variant fears
WHO names variant found in Belgium and Israel Omicron White House adviser Fauci: no indication variant is in US BioNTech says vaccine can be tweaked in 100 days if needed…