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The two infected people entered Germany at Munich airport on November 24, before Germany designated South Africa as a virus-variant area, and are now isolating, the ministry said. Two cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in the southern German state of Bavaria, the regional health ministry has said. 17:44 GMT Germany confirms first two cases of Omicron On Monday, the CDC had lowered its COVID-19 travel advisory for South Africa to “Level 1: Low.” The CDC raised its travel recommendation to “Level Four: Very High” for South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Mozambique, Malawi, Lesotho, Eswatini and Botswana while the State Department issued parallel “Do Not Travel” advisories. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and State Department have advised against travel to eight southern African countries after the White House announced new travel restrictions. 18:01 GMT US issues ‘Do Not Travel’ advisory for eight African countries Johnson warned the new variant could reduce the effectiveness of vaccines, as he announced a strengthening of England’s rules at a Downing Street press conference, after the infections were identified in Nottingham, and Brentwood in Essex. Mask rules will be mandatory in shops and on public transport in the UK, Omicron contacts will have to self-isolate and new arrivals will have to quarantine until they test negative for coronavirus. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced “temporary and precautionary” measures to be reviewed in three weeks, alongside a “boost” to the booster campaign. 18:06 GMT UK announces test and quarantine rules for travellers “The patient and the members of their family are in good health,” the national health institute said in a statement. Italy says it has detected its first case of Omicron in a traveller from Mozambique. The countries include South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zambia and Malawi. Kuwait has suspended direct flights from nine African countries, the cabinet has said. 18:22 GMT Kuwait suspends direct flights “In a number of the tested persons the Omicron variant is presumed to have been found,” the Netherlands Institute for Public Health (RIVM) said in a statement.Ī spokesperson for the RIVM said it was “almost certain” the cases were of the new variant but further testing is needed. Some of 61 COVID-19 cases detected among a group of passengers that arrived in the Netherlands from South Africa this week are likely to be the Omicron variant, health authorities have said.
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18:59 GMT Netherlands suspects detection of Omicron “At the same time, senior health officials and the COVID response team have been monitoring the latest updates on Omicron and in regular touch with health officials around the world,” a White House official said in a statement.
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US President Joe Biden has been briefed on the latest situation regarding the Omicron variant, the White House said. 19:21 GMT President Biden getting updates on new variant: White House Saudi Arabia suspended flights on Friday to and from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho and Eswatini. The ministry said the travellers would be allowed in from next Saturday and would need to quarantine for three days. Saudi Arabia has said it will allow entry to travellers “from all countries” as long as they have received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine inside the kingdom. 20:18 GMT Saudi Arabia to allow conditional entry ‘from all countries’ despite Omicron It could take weeks to know if current vaccines are less effective against it. The mutations in Omicron, also known as B.1.1.529, could help the virus evade the body’s immune response and make it more transmissible, according to scientists. Cases have also been reported in travellers in Belgium, Israel and Hong Kong. The Omicron variant, which scientists say has a high number of mutations, was first detected in South Africa last week. The variant has prompted several countries to impose restrictions such as travel bans on several southern African countries, against the advice of the World Health Organization, while others have imposed fresh lockdowns to contain the spread of COVID-19. The United Kingdom, Germany and Italy have confirmed their first two cases of the new Omicron strain of coronavirus.