The United States has detected its first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant, taking the number of countries with the newest strain to 25. Subscribe: [ Ссылка ]
It was identified in a fully vaccinated traveller who arrived in California from South Africa last week. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization is still urging countries not to impose travel bans, calling them "deeply unfair" and "ineffective". Manny Tsigas reports.

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