News24.com | Covid-19: Cape Town mayor lashes out at government over handling of new variant announcement: Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has lashed out at the national health department for its handling of the announcement of a new… dlvr.it/SDDvKD

Spoke to BBC News (World) earlier today about #VirusVariantsVaccine #VaccineApartheid Inequity & Injustice. Thanks to Philippa Thomas for inviting me on. This is NOT the answer, we need Global Solidarity and we need it NOW!

Dr Ayoade Olatunbosun-Alakija on travel bans: "Why are we locking away Africa? Nobody is locking away Belgium & Israel. This is discriminatory, this is xenophobic..." 🔥🔥🔥✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿.

Is this for real ? lol DIRCO South Africa Clayson Monyela Sophie Mokoena SABC News Please address this.

When I get apprehended at the US 🇺🇸 border after swimming for 7 years 290 days straight.

Ain't nobody banning Scotland?? Jens Spahn Bundesministerium des Innern Bundesgesundheitsministerium Robert Koch-Institut Olaf Scholz BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN @ABaerbock Joe Biden

Clarification: Switzerland imposes quarantine on all arrivals from UK thelocal.com/20211128/switz…

Just so I understand the #omicronaffair well: 1) South African scientists characterize a variant. 2) The world blocks travel to EVERY Southern African country. 3) The world starts using the same sequencing strategy developed by South Africans and find lots of omicron. Right?

Take it from a South African: the Omicron travel ban is bulls**t

The Omicron variant had already arrived in the Netherlands on Nov. 19 -- long before the travel bans. "We have found the Omicron variant in two test samples that were taken on Nov. 19 and Nov. 23," the National Institute for Public Health said today. (Reuters)

My journalist friend did not lie. We expect to start seeing a reversal of the discriminatory travel bans now. Apologies would be a bonus. How do the African countries which followed Europe's lead feel now? We shall not forget.

"All 9 #Omicron Covid cases found in #Scotland linked to single 'private event' 10 days ago. None of the 9 people had recently travelled to Southern Africa where the variant was first detected, or were in contact with anyone who had". inews.co.uk/news/scotland/…

This is nonsense. A virus that most likely came to Africa from Europe is being depicted as black and South African. The omicron response from the international community has exposed deep seated anti Africa sentiment that must be addressed.

Dear Canada in ZA, LS, MG, MU, NA how does ur gov explain this decision? If concern is the alleged buying/selling of test results, no country (incl yours) is immune from that. Ask EU countries or google the stories. U trust us/scientists when we detect new variants but doubt our testing capacity?

“If they do not allow our citizens into their countries…They are not supposed to come in,” #Nigeria announced its intention to ban arrivals from #Canada, #Britain, #Argentina and #SaudiArabia from Tuesday. newsaf.cgtn.com/news/2021-12-1…