The Netherlands and Australia find the omicron variant as curbs spread
A raft of travel restrictions are being imposed by nations around the world as they scramble to slow the variant's spread.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands â The Netherlands confirmed 13 cases of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus on Sunday and Australia found two as the countries half a world apart became the latest to detect it in travelers arriving from southern Africa.
A raft of curbs being imposed by nations around the world as they scramble to slow the variant's spread also grew, with Israel deciding Sunday to bar entry to foreign nationals in the toughest move so far.
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