WHO Calls New Coronavirus Strain ‘Variant of Concern’ And Names It Omicron

The United Nations health body said Friday the new coronavirus variant is “a variant of concern” and named it Omicron.

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All EU States Ban Travel From Southern Africa

All 27 member states of the European Union agreed Friday to suspend travel from seven southern African nations over the outbreak of a new coronavirus.

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EU Warns Of South Africa COVID Variant; Banning Flights

The European Union’s executive wants that EU countries introduce an “emergency brake” on travel from southern Africa due to a new coronavirus variant.

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Rights groups outraged as Blinken removes Nigeria from US list of countries tolerating or promoting religious violence

Christian and government organizations have expressed fury at last week’s decision by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to remove Nigeria from a US list of countries identified as allowing or engaging in violent persecution of minority faith groups,…

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WHO calls special meeting to discuss new Covid variant found in South Africa with ‘a large number of mutations’

The World Health Organization is monitoring a new variant with numerous mutations to the spike protein, scheduling a special meeting Friday to discuss what it may mean for vaccines and treatments, officials said Thursday.

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In Morocco, Gantz signs Israel’s first-ever defense MOU with an Arab country

Defense Minister Benny Gantz signed a memorandum of understanding with his Moroccan counterpart on Wednesday, the first such agreement between Israel and an Arab state ever, Israeli officials said.

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