Canada, the U.K., France and Israel are some of the countries that recently banned air travel from southern Africa after a new variant, known as “Omicron,” was recently detected in South Africa and labeled by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a variant of concern.
- Novavax says it’s developing COVID-19 vaccine to target new Omicron variant
- Canada enacts travel restrictions for southern Africa in light of new COVID-19 variant
- WHO designates new COVID-19 variant ‘Omicron’ as variant of concern