New COVID-19 Variant Omicron updates, iiQ8 news World Health Organization

Kuwait City, 27th November 2021:

New COVID-19 Variant Omicron updates, iiQ8 news World Health Organization

Live updates: 🧬🦠🚨 The new #Covid19 strain has been named #Omicron by the World Health Organization #WHO

◾️UAE, Bahrain, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco & Turkey decided Friday to bar arrivals from Southern African countries

◾️Israel reports 1st case of new mutated #COVID19 variant known as B.1.1.529 detected in South Africa

◾️Travellers from South Africa face Dutch quarantine after COVID-19 test

◾️Starting Monday, U.S. will impose travel restrictions on eight African countries amid emergence of new #coronavirus variant

◾️Canada bans travelers from southern Africa due to concerns

◾️Iran bans travel from Southern Africa

◾️Philippines suspends flights from countries with new virus variant..

◾️EU states agree to suspend travel to southern Africa



◾️Morocco bans travellers from seven southern African states

◾️Guatemala to restrict southern African travelers

◾️Swiss gov’t bans travel from southern Africa

◾️Brazil’s Bolsonaro dismisses call for COVID travel curbs

◾️Saudi Arabia suspends flights with seven countries: Report

◾️UK COVID genomics head says new variant likely to come to UK

◾️EU states agree to halt travel over new coronavirus variant

◾️South African official says WHO will designate variant as “of concern”

◾️US stocks fall sharply on new strain

◾️Italy imposes entry ban on eight southern African states

◾️Belgium detects first case of new strain in Europe

◾️Shanghai curbs tourism over new COVID-19 cases

◾️Israel bans arrivals from most African countries

◾️Morocco bans travellers from South Africa

◾️South Africa sport shutting down over new variant

WHO declares new coronavirus strain ‘variant of concern’ ! WHO has named it #Omicron 🦠

The WHO designated the new strain as a variant “of concern,” the fifth variant to be given the designation.

The organisation said in a statement that it had assigned the B.1.1.529 variant the Greek letter Omicron.



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