The ‘highly mutated’ Omicron variant poses a very high global risk of infection surges, the WHO says; Sweden, Spain and Portugal are the latest countries to confirm the presence of the new variant
- UK to ramp up Covid booster jabs and halve minimum gap to 3 months
- Omicron variant prompts nervous governments to impose travel curbs
- China president Xi Jinping pledges 1b Covid vaccine doses for Africa
- Biden says Omicron Covid variant a ‘cause for concern, not panic’
- South African scientists explore vaccines’ effectiveness against Omicron
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Hi everyone, it’s Samantha Lock here, ready to take you through all the new Covid developments this Tuesday.
It’s been a busy past few days on the Covid front with nations racing to close borders and reimpose restrictions after a new Covid variant was detected last week.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2021/nov/30/covid-news-live-who-warns-omicron-poses-very-high-risk-new-variant-detected-in-at-least-a-dozen-countries
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