Covid: Africa travel Restrictions / Flight Suspensions over Omicron variant

....and the Canadian Dominoe just fell.


The federal government is implementing a travel ban on several south African countries after a new COVID-19 variant was discovered there.

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced Friday that the federal government will impose five measures in an effort to limit the spread of the new variant.

Foreign nationals who have travelled through several south African countries in the past 14 days won’t be allowed into the country, he said. Those nations include South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini.

All those who’ve arrived in Canada in the last 14 days will have to quarantine and get tested for the virus. They will have to stay in isolation until they receive a negative test result.
 
Looks like South Africa is getting penalized for its medical research. They did nothing to India over delta

There were most certainly travel bans and suspensions over Delta.
 
I don't remember the US having a travel ban on India. If they did it wasn't done thus fast.
 
....and boom, the big Dominoe just fell...

The US will restrict travel from South Africa and seven other southern African countries to try to contain a new coronavirus variant spreading there.
From Monday, only US citizens and residents will be allowed to travel from the region.
This follows a similar flight ban imposed by the EU earlier on Friday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the new variant to be "of concern", naming it Omicron.
US officials said flights from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi will be blocked, mirroring earlier moves taken by EU Member States.
 
The dominoes are falling. Netherlands, Israel, EU discussing….
At least some are already working on protocol for admission and not just closing borders.
Fingers crossed.

The formal naming ceremony at WHO takes place today at some point. Perhaps, Beta carotene…. That’s taken
Maybe…. Beta Beta.

I know SOB.

I’ll just leave it to the experts.

OMICRON....sounds like one of the transformer cars....
 
And to yet again prove Biden....or whatever you want to call the muppet hasn't a clue...this is from a statement from him just now about this new variant...

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Problem for US citizens is if flights get canceled. So, if no way to get there it is moot.
This will screw up DSC and SCI for sure.

I bet Delta will be first in line to cancel flights, United, second. I'd put my bet on Qatar. Ethiopian, I wouldn't fly for free.
 
I’ll bet the farm this variant is everywhere already. Not a lot of motivation for countries and economies to investigate new variants when it results in senseless travel bans.

Not sure what you on about , as governments are investigating possible variants all the time...why this one was discovered in SA by your people.... :unsure:

But you can keep the farm as property in SA doesn't do it for me these days... :D Beers:
 
And to yet again prove Biden....or whatever you want to call the muppet hasn't a clue...this is from a statement from him just now about this new variant...

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Probably the end game, i.e. more profit for Pfizer, et al.
 
Not sure what you on about , as governments are investigating possible variants all the time...why this one was discovered in SA by your people.... :unsure:

But you can keep the farm as property in SA doesn't do it for me these days... :D Beers:
It has been also found in Hong Kong and Isreal. So it's probably in a lot of countries already.
 
And to yet again prove Biden....or whatever you want to call the muppet hasn't a clue...this is from a statement from him just now about this new variant...

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Why whatever do you mean.....? Something not right with our genius president?? Surely you jest!

:mad:
 
I bet Delta will be first in line to cancel flights, United, second. I'd put my bet on Qatar. Ethiopian, I wouldn't fly for free.
Yep and Delta will the first with their hand out for yet another bailout.
 

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