Omicron Variant Found on Flights Reveals Gaps in Covid-19 Travel Rules

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Omicron Variant Found on Flights Reveals Gaps in Covid-19 Travel Rules
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The probe into two flights from South Africa to the Netherlands, on which more than a dozen people tested positive for the Omicron variant, reveal gaps in current Covid-19 travel measures

The probe into two flights from South Africa to the Netherlands, on which more than a dozen people tested positive for, reveal gaps in the patchwork of current travel measures now in place to contain the coronavirus.

Of around 600 passengers on the two flights, 61 tested positive for Covid-19 after being taken off the planes, held for hours in an isolated part of Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport and tested. Sunday morning, Dutch health authorities said that at least 13 were confirmed as the Omicron variant, a new strain

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