New COVID variant spreads in Europe, spurs more travel restrictions

A new COVID-19 strain detected in South Africa was spreading in Europe with the first cases of the highly infectious variant confirmed Saturday in Britain, Germany and Italy, prompting many countries inside and outside the region to tighten border controls.The three countries followed Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and several other nations and regions outside South Africa in reporting the first cases or suspected infections of the Omicron variant.Two Omicron infections detected in Britain were connected to travel to southern Africa, local media reported citing the country's health minis…READ FULL ARTICLE