Health ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations agreed in an emergency meeting Monday to work together in dealing with a new coronavirus variant rapidly spreading in Europe and elsewhere, Japanese health minister Shigeyuki Goto said.The Omicron variant, first detected in southern Africa and designated a variant of concern by the World Health Organization, has already been confirmed in four G-7 nations -- Britain, Canada, Germany and Italy -- after South Africa reported a case to the WHO on Wednesday.In a joint statement released after the online gathering, convened under Bri…READ FULL ARTICLE
