Given the Omicron variant has already spread beyond southern Africa, a ban on travellers from those countries will slow the spread and buy crucial time, but won’t stop this strain in its tracks.
The decision to authorise a WHO investigation into the origins of the coronavirus is only a partial vindication for nations keen to hold China to account. But it will help strengthen global health measures.
Masters recipient Ngatho Mugo, who has just been made an Australian Youth Ambassador, is one step closer to her dream of helping her native Southern Sudan.
