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Chandigarh man, a South Africa returnee, tests positive for Covid-19

A 39-year-old man, who returned from South Africa, tested positive for COVID-19 in Chandigarh on Monday

WHO criticises travel bans on S African nations after detection of Omicron

WHO urged countries around the world not to impose flight bans on southern African nations due to concerns over the new omicron variant

Thane resident tests Covid positive after returning from S Africa: Official

A man who recently returned from South Africa to Dombivali in Maharashtra's Thane has tested positive for coronavirus

S Africa orders lowest lockdown level after detection of new Covid variant

South Africa will remain on the lowest 'Level One' of its five-level lockdown strategy to fight the Covid-19 pandemic despite the global panic around the detection of the Omicron variant

Omicron: How the new Covid-19 variant was found and what we know so far

Hunting for variants requires a concerted effort. South Africa and the UK were the first big countries to implement nationwide genomic surveillance efforts for SARS-CoV-2 as early as April 2020.

Bangladesh suspends travel from South Africa over new Covid-19 variant

Bangladesh has suspended entry of travellers from South Africa amid the spread of a new variant of Covid-19.

South Africa, Botswana, Hong Kong flyers to be quarantined in Lucknow

Flyers coming to Lucknow from South Africa, Botswana and Hong Kong will have to go in for a 10-day home isolation as a precautionary measure against the new 'Omicron' variant of the novel coronavirus

'Maximise defences': World on alert as Covid strain found in more countries

Despite the banning of flights from southern African countries, there are mounting concerns that the variant has already been widely seeded around the world.

A strategy for new Covid variant: keep calm and carry on vaccinating

The longer it takes to vaccinate whole populations, the faster we'll cycle through the Greek alphabet with new variants;

Amid threat of new Covid strain, Brazil, Saudi Arabia ban travel to Africa

A number of countries including the US, Saudi Arabia and Brazil have announced travel restrictions on southern African countries as a new variant of the coronavirus has been detected on the continent.This comes as the World Health Organisation (WHO) has named the new COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529, which has been detected in South Africa, as 'Omicron' and alarmed the siren among countries of the new variant.US President Biden said that starting Monday, his administration will restrict air travel from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi as a "precautionary" measure to prevent the newly discovered Omicron variant of the coronavirus from spreading into the United States.The US administration is still gathering more information on the variant, according to Biden, who also urged Americans and people around the world to get vaccinated against the virus. The announcement came on the heels of similar restrictions announced by other countries ...

S Africa says travel bans by nations over new Covid variant unjustified

South African Health Minister termed the countries' decision of imposing restrictions on travellers from the country amid concerns over the detection of 'Omicron' COVID-19 variant as 'unjustified'

US bans travel from S Africa, 7 other nations due to new Covid-19 variant

The UUS joined the EU and several other countries in instituting travel restrictions on visitors from southern Africa after discovery of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus

EU orders travel ban on South Africa to check spread of new Covid variant

The European Union nations on Friday agreed to impose a ban on travel from southern Africa to counter the spread of a new COVID-19 variant.

Players and teams scrambling to get out of Southern Africa

The Netherlands men's cricket team has reportedly called off its tour of South Africa midway through the first one-day international at Centurion on Friday, which it will complete

World takes action as new coronavirus variant emerges in southern Africa

The last thing we need is to bring in a new variant that will cause even more problems, said German Health Minister Jens Spahn

New Covid variant puts South Africa at risk of global shut out

The restrictions deal another blow to South Africa's battered tourism industry

Delhi govt calls DDMA meeting to discuss threat of new Covid-19 variant

The Delhi government has called a meeting of DDMA to discuss steps that need to be taken in view of threat of a new COVID-19 variant from African countries

New Covid variant found in South Africa: What is known about B.1.1.529

A new variant of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 -- called B.1.1.529 -- has been identified in South Africa

New strain found in South Africa marks 'big jump in evolution' of Covid-19

In the past two days, scientists detected the B1.1.529 variant after observing an increase in infections in South Africa's economic hub surrounding Johannesburg.

About 27% of African health workers fully vaccinated against Covid: WHO

Only some 27 per cent of health workers in Africa have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, leaving the bulk of the workforce on the frontlines against the pandemic unprotected, the WHO said