Covid-19: the Omicron variant is gaining ground, borders are closing

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M. Justet, L. Bazizin, I. Palmer – France 3

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The new variant of Covid-19 circulates very fast. Detected Thursday, November 25 in South Africa, Omicron is already present in several countries in Europe. After Israel, Morocco decided to close its borders. Point.

In several countries, borders are closed, flights canceled and travelers stranded at airports. It is in dispersed order that the States are trying to guard against the Omicron variant. In a few days, he disorganized the planet. In France since Saturday, November 27, isolation is mandatory for any contact case, even vaccinated, of a person who tests positive for the new variant. Same firmness in the United Kingdom, where each person entering the territory will have to isolate themselves for two days while awaiting a negative PCR test.

Morocco has suspended all commercial flights for at least two weeks. Israel has decreed the total closure of borders to foreign nationals. Around the world, thousands of flights are canceled. The airline industry fears the worst. Many measures are taken in the hope of slowing the Omicron variant. In the Netherlands, 61 passengers are still in quarantine. 13 contracted the new variant. This figure is provisional.

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