Covid news: Canada confirms two cases of Omicron variant; WHO Africa head urges world to keep borders open – as it happened
by Jem Bartholomew (now), Charlie Moloney and Martin from on (#5SDXD)
Both cases are recent arrivals from Nigeria; UN agency's comments follow South Africa's call to reverse flight bans; G7 health ministers to hold urgent meeting on Omicron variant
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China could face more than 630,000 Covid-19 infections a day if it dropped its zero-tolerance policies by lifting travel curbs, according to a study by Peking University mathematicians, Reuters reports.
In the report by the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, the mathematicians said China could not afford to lift travel restrictions without more efficient vaccinations or specific treatments.
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