The UK government said on Saturday (December 4) that a new analysis conducted by the UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) indicates that the window between infection and infectiousness may be shorter for the Omicron variant, which increases the efficacy of pre-departure testing as it is more likely to identify positive cases before travel.
Images showing teeming crowds and chaotic scenes at Delhi airport have been going viral on social media in recent days. However, some passengers told India Today that due procedure is being followed.
it s carrying out more sequencing, especially looking at other backlog of samples, i mean positive samples, that have been collected to try to determine how far or how much of this variant is in the country. but what he did say, also, is that there is now a kind of, you know, contact tracing of those that have been identified to try to see how many of them could be reached and be brought into kind of isolation. the united states is drawing up new travel guidelines, and governments in europe, already under strain from the delta variant, are also considering tougher measures to try to stop the spread of omicron. courtney bembridge has this report. the world s attention may have shifted to the omicron variant, but europe is still struggling with a wave of infections linked to the previous
in the hands of yemenis because big regional powers have intervened. the people here are suffering because of the fault lines that run right through the middle east. hello and welcome. around the world, governments are bracing themselves for the possible effects of the omicron strain of coronavirus. in the united states, the biden administration is drawing up new travel guidelines. already under strain from a new wave caused by the delta variant, governments across europe have reinstated measures to try to stop the spread of the virus. and there are concerns the new variant could evade the current vaccines. the new variant could evade courtney bembridge reports. the new variant could evade