Health

By Chioma Iruke The United Kingdom has confirmed its first two cases of the new Omicron strain of Covid-19. The two new cases according to a government statement, are both linked to travel from southern Africa...

By Ebi Kesiena Dutch health authorities said on Saturday that 61 passengers from two flights from South Africa tested positive for COVID-19 and the results were being examined for the new Omicron variant. The people who...

By Ebi Kesiena South Africa’s Health Ministry has attacked a global rush to impose travel bans to slow the spread of a new Covid variant as “draconian,” unscientific and contrary to WHO advice. The new strain,...

By John Ikani UAE and US have announced suspension of entry of travellers from seven southern African countries. The travel ban followed the detection of Omicron, the highly transmissible new variant of COVID in the region....

By John Ikani  The World Health Organization on November 26 declared the recently-discovered B.1.1.529 strain of COVID-19, first detected in Southern Africa, to be a variant of concern and renamed it Omicron. “Based on the evidence...

By John Ikani  Britain is halting all flights from South Africa and five other countries in the region in response to the discovery of a highly transmissible new coronavirus variant. From midday GMT on Friday, direct...