Omicron: The latest from around the world on the new COVID variant. Cases have surfaced in more and more countries - including Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy and Australia. #Covid19 #Omicron #NewVariant #Reuters #DWNews

"The detection of Omicron triggered global alarm as governments around the world scrambled to impose new travel restrictions and markets sold-off, fearing the variant could resist vaccinations and upend a nascent economic reopening after a two-year global pandemic." Read more.