[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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