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On the 25th November, scarcely hours after the South African minister of health had held a press briefing to announce that a new variant (Omicron) had been identified by South African scientists, the UK government imposed an immediate travel ban on flights to and from Southern African countries such as South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique, and Malawi. This was followed by similar travel bans imposed by the EU, the US, Japan, Canada, and Australia. Surprisingly in Africa a few countries such as Mauritius, Rwanda, Angola, and Egypt have also followed with their own restrictive travel measures, either through banning travel or imposing mandatory quarantine periods for travellers from red listed countries and those who have recently been to those countries. The new variant has also been found in other places such as Belgium, the UK, Germany, Israel, Hong Kong, and Australia but no travel bans were imposed on those countries.