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[Link] Omicron 'may already be here in Australia'. Experts say there's more we can do to stop COVID
Read: 28/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
Just weeks after Australia declared it was opening its borders to the world, some restrictions have been reimposed in response to the Omicron variant of COVID-19, first detected in South Africa.
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[Link] WHO Names New Variant Of Concern ‘Omicron,’ U.S. Issues Travel Ban
Read: 26/11/2021 www.vice.com
The U.S. and Canada are banning and restricting travel from southern Africa after the World Health Organization named a new, potentially more infectious COVID-19 variant that’s been spreading in the region. On Friday the WHO announced the new B.1.1.
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[Link] After Sierra Leone Explosion, a Health System Is Strained
Read: 15/11/2021 www.nytimes.com
Victims are still dying from injuries after a fuel tanker burst into flames last week in Sierra Leone, a country that has no burn units.
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