The Israeli government decided on Sunday to ban the entry of foreign nationals into the country in an attempt to stop the spread of a new variant of COVID-19.
Two people in the Canadian capital city of Ottawa have tested positive for the highly transmissible Omicron variant of COVID-19, according to the Ontario provincial government on Sunday (Nov. 28).
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday (Nov. 26) declared a disaster emergency for the entire state through Jan. 15, 2022 amid a new wave of COVID-19 infections.
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Friday (Nov. 26) urged African health authorities to intensify COVID-19 prevention measures amid the emergence of a new variant that World Health Organization classified as a "variant of concern."
The newly-discovered Omicron variant of COVID-19 in South Africa has raised fears about the global trajectory of the pandemic, while some countries including the United States have raced to impose travel restrictions on southern African countries.
