Scramble for last flights out as hyper-aggressive Covid mutation spreads like wildfire in Southern Africa: ‘By far worst Coronavirus variant so far’

UK and WHO officials have sounded the alarm late last night over a new Covid variant in parts of Southern Africa as B.1.1.529 has the potential to evade immunity built up by vaccination or prior infection. A travel ban is to be imposed on six African nations due to rising concerns over the new variant [...]