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Australia sets out curbs for travelers from virus-hit southern Africa
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Australia sets out curbs for travelers from virus-hit southern Africa

‘If the medical evidence shows that further actions are required, we will not hesitate to take them. And that may involve strengthening or expanding the restrictions,’ says Health Minister Greg Hunt Australia imposed new restrictions on Saturday, November 27, on people who have been to nine southern African countries, as the new Omicron variant of […]

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Australia sets out curbs for travellers from virus-hit southern Africa
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Australia sets out curbs for travellers from virus-hit southern Africa

People sit in the arrivals section of the international terminal of Kingsford Smith International Airport. REUTERS/Loren Elliott Register now for FREE unlimited access to reuters.com Register MELBOURNE, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Australia imposed new restrictions on Saturday on people who have been to nine southern African countries, as the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 raises […]

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‘Premature’ travel bans leave South Africa in the lurch
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‘Premature’ travel bans leave South Africa in the lurch

South Africa’s battered and bruised tourism and hospitality sector has suffered yet another blow, as countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East have imposed travel bans to and from the country, following the emergence of a new Covid variant in the Southern African region. Scientists in South Africa alerted global organisations to the existence […]

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