As Omicron Variant is Detected Around the World, Travel Bans May be Too Late: Experts

While governments around the world shut down travel from southern Africa to limit the spread of the new Omicron variant, some experts say that action might have come too late. “By the time we have enough information to institute a travel ban, the cat’s already out of the bag, so to speak,” said a professor at the University of Washington. “Omicron has already been detected in other continents. A travel ban could in theory buy some time by reducing the spread of new seed cases, but we are talking on the order of days to weeks.”

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