"Potentially, it can be worse than the (highly infectious) Delta variant. In less than two weeks, it now dominates all infections following a devastating Delta wave in South Africa.” The Delta variant originated in India and drove the country’s catastrophic second Covid-19 wave. India so far has decided to screen and test all international passengers arriving from or transiting through Botswana, South Africa, Hong Kong and Israel. The UK has suspended all flights from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini. “We estimate that 90 per cent of the cases in (the South African province) Gauteng” are the Omicron variant, he tweeted.

Source: The Telegraph November 27, 2021 04:18 UTC