Travel bans aren't the answer to stopping new COVID variant Omicron
- Written by: Anthony Zwi, Professor of Global Health and Development, UNSW
ShutterstockThere is global concern and widespread alarm at the discovery of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.529, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has called Omicron.
The WHO classified Omicron as a “variant of concern” because it has a wide range of mutations. This suggests vaccines and treatments could be less effective.
Although...
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