As an alarming new COVID-19 variant emerges, Canada moves to limit travel from southern Africa

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Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced today that Canada will limit travel from seven countries in southern Africa, a region that has reported cases of a new — and possibly more infectious — coronavirus variant.

Starting today, all foreign nationals who have travelled through South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini or Mozambique in the last 14 days will be barred from entering Canada.

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Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's chief public health officer, said the new strain — dubbed the "omicron" variant by the World Health Organization (WHO) — has not yet been reported in Canada.

She said the omicron variant is notable because it has a large number of mutations, which may affect its transmissibility and the effect of COVID-19 vaccines.

"We're concerned about this new variant and closely monitoring the evolving situation," Tam told a briefing with reporters. "The challenges persist with this virus."

Tam said the new travel requirements are a prudent effort to keep the variant out, but it's likely cases of the omicron variant will emerge in Canada in the coming days.

"It is very difficult to keep a virus like this out entirely," she said."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/southern-africa-variant-canada-travel-1.6263898

Edited November 27, 2021 by Infidel Dog

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This one concerning the variant is worth noticing too:

WHO skips two letters in Greek alphabet in naming Omicron COVID variant

The cynical might think WHO wanted to avoid calling anything Covid Xi cause...

 

Edited November 28, 2021 by Infidel Dog