Travel bans over the new omicron variant of Covid-19 amounted to 'travel apartheid' U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, adding to criticism from the WHO.
about exactly how much danger omicron could pose, with the scientific community working to understand whether the variant is more transmissible, causes more severe illness or evades vaccines.But new evidence suggests omicron could have been spreading
The uncertainty around the timeline has cast further doubts on the wisdom of the rushed global response. Air China flight crew members in hazmat suits walk through the arrivals area at the Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday.’s new cases of Covid nearly doubled in a day, the country's health officials reported Wednesday.
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