Angelique Coetzee, The chairwoman of the South African Medical Association, on travel bans for #SouthAfrica.
She says "The new Omicron variant of the coronavirus results in mild disease, without prominent syndromes" .
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Prof Whitty says it is not yet clear how effective vaccines are in tackling the Omicron variant, but he says evidence suggests there is "a reasonable chance" of some degree of vaccine escape
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