Omicron variant
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Health
Omicron: We’ll prosecute anyone flouting Covid guidelines, Sanwo-Olu vows
Offenders’ passports to be blacklisted for one year. Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday said his government through…
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Africa
APRA condemns travel ban against Africa
The African Public Relations Association (APRA) has condemned the travel ban imposed on Africa over the Omicron Covid variant describing…
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Foreign
Omicron: US tightens travel rules amid new Omicron cases
President Joe Biden has unveiled stricter Covid-19 travel rules as the US confirmed a handful of cases of the Omicron…
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Africa
UN boss Guterres warns of ‘travel apartheid’ over restrictions
The African Union and United Nations have jointly criticised travel restrictions put on several Southern African countries following the discovery…
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Foreign
Omicron: Canada bans travellers from Nigeria, Egypt and Malawi
Canada on Tuesday banned travellers from Nigeria, Egypt, and Malawi over fears of the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus…
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Health
Nigeria confirms first cases of Omicron variant
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) conducts case and genomic surveillance for inbound international travelers arriving in the country…
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Health
Omicron variant symptoms: 5 things you need to know
Dr. Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association, who first flagged the new variant has said that symptoms…
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Foreign
2 travellers from Nigeria test positive to Omicron variant in Canada
Canada announced that it has detected its first cases of the new Omicron strain of Covid, in two people who…
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Africa
Covid: South Africa’s president calls for lifting of Omicron travel bans
South Africa’s president has condemned travel bans enacted against his country and its neighbours over the new coronavirus variant Omicron.…
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Foreign
Covid: World races to contain new Omicron variant
Countries around the world are racing to introduce travel bans and restrictions on southern African countries in an effort to…
