LONDON: Britain’s beleaguered travel industry called on Tuesday for government assistance to soften the blow of the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant. The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) said that the latest travel curbs, rolled out on Tuesday to try to prevent transmission, risked holiday firms going bust. “As additional travel restrictions come … Read more
NEW YORK – New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday announced a blanket Covid-19 vaccine mandate for the private sector in the United States’ biggest city, starting from late December. The order goes further than a nationwide mandate set by President Joe Biden for companies with more than 100 employees to vaccinate workers by … Read more
HOEDSPRUIT – Sabine Stam didn’t expect to have her feet up, sipping white wine on the deck of a half-empty safari lodge near South Africa’s Kruger National Park. Her tour company was full of bookings for the December peak season. Then Omicron came. First reported by South African scientists to the World Health Organization on … Read more
The WHO issued stern warnings Wednesday on the dangers of vaccination apathy and the European Union put mandatory jabs on the table as the United States registered its first case of the fast-spreading Omicron strain of the coronavirus. The new variant, first reported to the World Health Organization by South Africa a week ago, has … Read more
