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20 Dec, 5 tweets, 3 min read
• Israel bans travel to US and Canada over Omicron concerns
• Germany tightens restrictions on UK travellers

🔵 Follow our LIVE blog for the latest updates: aje.io/4uc8d7 Image
World Economic Forum postpones Davos over Omicron aje.io/45beds Image
EU approves Novavax shot as fifth COVID vaccine aje.io/qdwvwq Image
Moderna says booster appears effective against new COVID variant aje.io/u88mhq Image
The fast-spreading Omicron variant is now the main coronavirus strain in the US, according to health authorities.

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22 Dec
• France warns it could see 100,000 daily Omicron infections

• South Africa’s case drop may show omicron peak has passed

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21 Dec
Omicron cases account for 73.2% of new US COVID cases over the past week, as WHO says the variant is spreading faster than Delta aje.io/tkn6v8

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“An event cancelled is better than a life cancelled.”

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19 Dec
THREAD 🧵

Every day the world consumes some 100 million barrels of oil and 60 million equivalent barrels of natural gas.

We map the world’s oil and gas pipelines 👇

🔗: aje.io/nx98vu
To transport this massive amount of energy, pipelines – usually made out of carbon steel – are widely used. The countries with the longest network of oil and gas pipelines include:

🇺🇸 US
🇷🇺 Russia
🇨🇦 Canada
🇨🇳 China
🇦🇺 Australia

🔗: aje.io/2fgadb
51% of the world’s total oil and gas pipelines by length are in the Americas.

🔗: aje.io/2fgadb
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18 Dec
THREAD 🧵

It's #InternationalMigrantsDay. More than 45,400 people worldwide have died during migration journeys since 2014, according to the IOM.

Here's a harrowing look at the number of migrants that died this year ⬇ Image
1,121 migrant deaths were recorded across the Americas in 2021 – including the recent truck crash in Mexico.

More deaths were recorded in South America than ever before, with 64 of 137 deaths involving Venezuelan nationals, says IOM.
On migration routes to and within Europe 2,720 deaths were recorded making 2021 the deadliest year for migrants in the region since 2018, according to IOM.

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18 Dec
• ‘No evidence’ Omicron milder than Delta, say British researchers aje.io/xkpkm4
• French PM says Omicron spreading like ‘lightning’ aje.io/kptmdr

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South Africa to donate 2m COVID jabs to other African nations aje.io/5juvaq Image
Omicron cases doubling at least every 3 days, says WHO aje.io/ppkj93 Image
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17 Dec
• Biden warns of ‘winter of illness, death’ for US unvaccinated aje.io/k8evdr
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“I will have to think of a plan B or C."

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