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Latest news: Omicron

Travel bans aren’t the answer to stopping new COVID variant Omicron

There is global concern and widespread alarm, including talk of new travel bans, following the discovery of new COVID variant Omicron.

Business calls for calm over Omicron

Business Council of Australia chief executive Jennifer Westacott does not want to see panic or an over-reaction to the latest variant of the coronavirus.

Omicron variant confirmed in double-vaxxed Sydney arrivals

The Omicron COVID-19 variant has arrived in Australia after testing confirmed two overseas travellers who arrived in Sydney were infected with the new strain.

Australia closes border to southern Africa amid Omicron variant concerns

Australia has suspended all flights from nine southern African countries and ramped up quarantine restrictions against the new COVID-19 variant.

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