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Are rich countries to blame for Omicron?

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Is the Omicron Variant of Concern?

We were meant to open our international border on december one. Were here to give you a brief up date. On the latest actions in relation to the homicron pariand but that's now been delayed by at least two weeks. We're doing this out of an abundance of caution, but our overwhelming view is that wist, it's merging variant, it's manageable variant we know. The good news is that the first south african doctor to raise the alarm about patients with the omicron parent said that while the variant might be more infectious, the symptoms seem mild so far.

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