The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has sparked fresh concerns across the globe with the countries scrambling to announce travel curbs in a bid to stem the transmission of the new strain that has been called a ‘variant of concern’ by the World Health Organization (WHO). This has put the travel plans of people across the world in limbo.
With Christmas and New Year around the corner, the governments are instituting new travel curbs as fears around Omicron grow. The United Kingdom (UK), United States (US), Denmark, South Africa and Norway have registered the highest number of Omicron cases.
The UK alone constitutes around 50 per cent of Omicron cases detected worldwide. Meanwhile, other countries that have reported Omicron cases comprise Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Namibia, Russia, and South Korea.
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