{"id":1061578,"date":"2021-11-28T10:59:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T15:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1061578"},"modified":"2021-11-28T10:59:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T15:59:19","slug":"no-entry-global-borders-slam-shut-as-coronavirus-variant-fears-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-entry-global-borders-slam-shut-as-coronavirus-variant-fears-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"No Entry: Global Borders Slam Shut as Coronavirus Variant Fears Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fno-entry-global-borders-slam-shut-as-coronavirus-variant-fears-rise%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1061578&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Go home and stay home. That was the simple message echoing around the world Sunday as successive national governments raced to meet the challenge posed by&nbsp;a new, mutated coronavirus strain.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists want to determine the threat posed by the strain known as Omicron \u2014 particularly whether it can evade existing vaccines.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Several countries have also announced plans to restrict travel from southern Africa, where it was first detected, including key travel hub Qatar, the United States, Britain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>New York State has already declared a state of emergency over the Omicron variant, despite the fact 100 percent of New York\u2019s sampled cases in the last two weeks were the Delta variant of the virus, as Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/27\/new-york-state-declares-state-of-emergency-over-omicron-coronavirus-variant-yet-100-recent-sampled-cases-were-delta-variant\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the UK, Prime Minister Boris Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/27\/boris-johnson-covid-omicron-return-mask-mandates-shops-transport\/\">ordered<\/a> an immediate return to compulsory wearing of masks \u2013 indoors and out.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.021978021978\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Return of Mandatory Masks: Boris Johnson Announces \u2018Tighter Rules\u2019 in Response to Omicron Variant<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/96VgFOnOZS\">https:\/\/t.co\/96VgFOnOZS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1464659372580220931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The strictest international response is found in Israel, which said Sunday it would close its borders to all foreigners in a bid to curb the spread of the variant \u2014 just four weeks after reopening to tourists after a prolonged closure due to Covid, AFP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20211128-borders-slam-shut-as-world-rushes-to-contain-new-covid-variant\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are raising a red flag,\u201d Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said, adding the country would order 10 million PCR test kits to stem the \u201cvery dangerous\u201d strain.<\/p>\n<p>The virus strain has now been found everywhere from the Netherlands to Hong Kong and Australia, where authorities Sunday<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-11-28\/tavellers-test-positive-omicron-covid-sydney\/100657076\"> said<\/a> they had detected it for the first time in two passengers from southern Africa who were tested after flying into Sydney.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18920682\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236859579.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18920682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236859579-1024x681-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"658\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A staff member assists arriving passengers at Israel\u2019s Ben Gurion Airport&nbsp; on November 28, 2021. Israel is to close its borders to all foreigners on November 28, 2021 in a bid to stem the spread of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus, authorities said. (AHMAD GHARABLI\/AFP via Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>They were&nbsp;aboard Qatar Airways flight QR908, Doha to Sydney.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The arrival of the new variant comes just a month after Australia lifted a ban on citizens travelling overseas without permission, with the country\u2019s border also set to open to skilled workers and international students by the year\u2019s end.<\/p>\n<p>AFP reports scientists in South Africa last week said that they had detected the new B.1.1.529 variant with at least 10 mutations, compared with three for Beta or two for Delta \u2014 the strain that hit the global recovery hard and sent millions worldwide back into lockdown.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.273381294964\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Blue states, some of which had the most restrictive requirements in the country throughout the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, are experiencing massive surges of the virus as the holiday season arrives. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WX51u7vV8C\">https:\/\/t.co\/WX51u7vV8C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1464706905595682816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>South Africa has since complained it is being unfairly hit with \u201cdraconian\u201d air travel bans for having first detected the strain, which the World Health Organization has termed a \u201cvariant of concern\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcellent science should be applauded and not punished,\u201d its foreign ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><em>AFP contributed to this story<\/em><\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Go home and stay home. 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