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World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday urged countries not to panic but to prepare for the likely spread of COVID-19 Omicron variant as scientists continue to study it.

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NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – NOVEMBER 30: Travelers arrive from international flights, including from South Africa, at Newark Liberty International Airport on November 30, 2021 in Newark, New Jersey. The United States, and a growing list of other countries, has restricted flights from southern African countries due to the detection of the COVID-19 Omicron variant last week in South Africa.

He also repeated WHO advice against blanket travel bans, except for countries whose health systems were unable to withstand a surge in infections. “This is how this virus behaves and we will not most likely be able to keep it out of individual countries.” “Let’s not get completely worried or confused by individual information which are all individually important, but which need to be brought together in order to assess together,” he said.

Cases in Gauteng province, where Johannesburg is located, have increased by 375 per cent week on week. He said that more than 80 per cent of the population had not received even a single dose, noting that this is a dangerously wide gap.

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