New Variant South Africa

• South Africans without COVID-19 symptoms will no longer need to isolate

  To curb the spread of Omicron, South Africa also began offering COVID-19 booster shots to the general public for the first time on Christmas eve.

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  Dec 24, 2021
  
• South Africa mulling COVID-19 vaccine mandate for some places, activities

  Scientists have so far only detected the new Omicron variant in relatively small numbers, mainly in South Africa but also in Botswana, Hong Kong and Israel.

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  Nov 28, 2021
  
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• WHO designates new COVID-19 variant ‘Omicron’ as variant of concern

  The new COVID-19 variant, recently discovered by South Africa, is now officially a variant of concern, the WHO announced Friday.

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  Nov 26, 2021
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• New COVID-19 variant scare triggers global alarm, rattles stock markets

  The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Omicron may spread more quickly than other forms, and preliminary evidence suggested there is an increased risk of reinfection.

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  Nov 26, 2021
• New COVID-19 variant has nations stopping air travel from southern Africa

  Great Britain and European Union nations are among several countries enacting travel bans on southern Africa after a new COVID-19 variant was discovered there.

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  Nov 26, 2021