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Covid news live: Omicron variant spreads to Europe; countries rush to impose travel bans on southern Africa

The first European case of the B.1.1.529 variant has been identified in Belgium; the US, UK, Australia, Canada and parts of Europe impose travel bans targeting countries across southern Africa

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Thailand is now the latest country to ban entry of people travelling from eight African countries it designated as high-risk for the new B 1.1.529 Covid-19 variant, a senior health official said.

Starting in December, travel from Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, will be prohibited, the official told a news conference, as reported by Reuters.

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