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It was in the Lancet laboratory in Johannesburg, that Professor Eftyxia Vardas' team first spotted a change in the PCR test samples. A subtle drop in the spike protein was detected which led to the discovery of the then-new Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa calls for travel bans to be "urgently" lifted "before further damage is done to our economy". Several countries have implemented travel restrictions to South Africa and other African countries in an attempt to stop the spread of the new Covid variant Omicron. SOUNDBITE
Volunteers begin distributing Covid tests door-to-door as health officials increase testing in eight areas across England where nearly a dozen South African Covid-19 variant cases have been identified in the last week. The 11 cases could not be linked to international travel, sparking concerns of localised transmission of the highly transmissible coronavirus variant.
Waiting rooms are turned into wards as hospitals in South Africa are filled to capacity following a spike in Covid infections. Western Cape Provincial Minister of Health Nomafrench Mbombo refers to the situation as a "house on fire", as patients complain of having to sit in chairs day and night whilst receiving life saving oxygen. from a hospital in Khayelitsha, South AfricaN°8XW334
South Africa's oldest private airline faces liquidation after a tough couple of years. Comair is going out of business after a rescue plan failed to raise funding, leaving some customers out of pocket. Also in this edition: five military police are killed in Cameroon and anglophone insurgents claim responsibility. And finally, the healing power of art is on display at the Dakar Biennale as patients showcase paintings that they've created during therapy.
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