New COVID variant triggers more travel curbs, UK detects cases


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Passengers arrange COVID test appointments at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Nov. 27 after Dutch health authorities said that 61 people who arrived on flights from South Africa tested positive for the virus. © Reuters November 28, 2021 00:13 JST | Africa Copy Copied Australia and several other countries joined nations imposing restrictions on travel from southern Africa on Saturday after the discovery of the new Omicron coronavirus variant sparked global concern and triggered a sell-off on financial markets. But indicating that such curbs may not stem the spread of the variant, Britain said on Saturday it had detected two cases...