Britain announced it had identified two cases of the new Omicron coronavirus, a day after the country temporarily banned flights from South Africa and five other countries from Friday over the newly identified variant. Stock imageTwo linked cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in Britain connected to travel to southern Africa, health minister Sajid Javid said on Saturday.
"Late last night I was contacted by the UK Health Security Agency. I was informed that they have detected two cases of this new variant, Omicron, in the United Kingdom. One in Chelmsford, the other in Nottingham," he said in a broadcast clip. The two individuals and all members of their households are being re-tested and told to self-isolate while further testing and contact tracing is done, the health ministry said.
England will also add Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Angola to its travel"red list" from 0400 GMT on Sunday, meaning British and Irish residents who arrive in the country must quarantine in a government-approved hotel for 10 days. Non-residents will be refused entry.Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance and Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty will hold a news conference later on Saturday"to set out further measures", Javid said.
An interesting concept: Israel to close borders to all foreigners due to omicron variant
Nice to announce it after us
Covid 19 is not a product of Africa but Europe America and Asia. Banning Aftican countries will not stop the spread of the new variant to their shows. Face the reality and stop being nonsensical and stupid countries.
Now that SA is scapegoat all countries will identify Omicron because it ha the owner.
Will be doing any coverage of the 'camps' in Aust? Something about them seems familiar..... Hmmmmmm....
The most important question would be - Are those people linked in anyway to anyone from the SADC region?
So are they gonna ban their own flights from going to other Countries? Just asking....
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