• South Africa prepares hospitals as COVID cases surge aje.io/zqdtvh
• Jordan court jails health officials over COVID-19 oxygen deaths aje.io/d237ca
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Future pandemics could be even more lethal than COVID-19, warns the creator of the AstraZeneca vaccine aje.io/7de58u
Iran imposes restrictions on unvaccinated people in new COVID plan aje.io/ypwh98
In Armenia, why are just 15% of the population fully vaccinated against COVID-19? aje.io/n558az
The UK added Nigeria to its travel ‘red list’ over the weekend, meaning arrivals from there will be banned except for British and Irish residents aje.io/ga7pdk
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WHO warns against travel curbs as a number of countries reinstate tough border measures to curb the new Omicron variant aje.io/aue36y
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• First suspected case of Omicron detected in Switzerland
• US scientist Fauci defends travel ban on African countries
• Japan to bar new foreign arrivals over new variant
• New Zealand to still ease restrictions despite Omicron
• ‘Serious concern’ as South Africa detects new COVID variant aje.io/t2f226
• European states expand boosters and tighten curbs amid COVID surge aje.io/2t32rg
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What do we know about the new COVID strain found in South Africa? aje.io/uwmjsn
Several countries, including the UK, Israel and Singapore, have imposed travel restrictions after the discovery of a new COVID variant in South Africa aje.io/gv4x48
• Germany’s COVID death toll passes 100,000 amid record infections aje.io/ffsmwr
• WHO says vaccinated people must take other precautions against COVID aje.io/6m9m4k
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EU’s drug regulator approved the use of Pfizer COVID vaccine for children between the ages of five and 11 aje.io/fqqq53
‘Serious concern’ as South Africa detects new COVID variant aje.io/t2f226