Countries around the world respond to the discovery of the Omicron Covid variant by imposing new restrictions. Asian equities dipped after Friday’s sell-off, but Wall Street looks set to claw back some of its heavy losses. In the UK, Prime Minister Boris Johnson reintroduces some restrictions to slow the spread of Omicron and Health Secretary Sajid Javid says societies must learn to live with Covid. Meanwhile in the Netherlands, more than a dozen people test positive for the new variant after having arrived on two flights from South Africa.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.