"South Africa found it, but it's probably all over the world already." Britain announced tougher entry rules for all arriving passengers and the return of a mask mandate, after confirming its first two cases of the new Omicron strain. A hospital in the Czech Republic confirmed a case of the Omicron variant in a female patient who had travelled from Namibia. The main countries targeted by the shutdown include South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini (Swaziland), Lesotho, Namibia, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Vaccine manufacturers have held out hope that they can modify current vaccines to target the Omicron variant.

Source: Manila Times November 28, 2021 16:36 UTC