Pak restricts travel from 6 South African nations, Hong Kong over new COVID-19 variant


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Islamabad [Pakistan], November 27 (ANI): Pakistan on Saturday restricted travel from six southern African nations and Hong Kong amid rising concerns over the newly detected variant of COVID-19. Taking to Twitter, Pakistan Federal Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar on Saturday said , "the emergence of new variant makes it even more urgent to vaccinate all eligible citizens 12 years and older", Dawn reported. "Based on the emergence of the new covid variant, notification has been issued to restrict travel from 6 south African countries and Hong Kong. The emergence of new variant makes it even more urgent to vaccinate...