Omicron variant is dominant in South Africa, Japan cancels the flight block

• USA: first case of Omicron variant, is in California

• South Africa covid cases doubled in one day.

  WHO: Few vaccines and very few tests, a "toxic mix."

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December 02, 2021According to the most recent John Hopkins University tally, there are just over 263.5 million total cases of coronavirus contagion recorded so far around the world since the start of the pandemic. Compared to the previous day, there was an increase in new cases equal to 694,482.

The victims of Covid-19 reached the figure of 5,224,786, with a daily increase of 8,620 deaths. The total number of Covid vaccine administrations carried out so far has reached 8 billion (8,038,807,760).

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The Omicron variant of the coronavirus, which has caused a "worrying" surge in cases in South Africa, has become the dominant variant in the country. The new strain is present in 74% of genomic sequences carried out in South Africa in the past month, since it was first identified in the country's most populous province, Gauteng, on 8 November. The infections have grown from a weekly average of 300 infections per day to 1,000 per day, reaching 3,500. In the last 24 hours, another 8,561 cases have been recorded.

Japan has announced that it has lifted the ban on new bookings on arriving international flights to fight the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus one day after the measure was announced. The transport ministry yesterday requested international airlines to suspend new bookings for flights arriving in Japan until the end of December as a precaution in defense of the new Omicron variant. The same ministry today reported that it had withdrawn the measure after receiving heavy criticism, which branded the measure as too severe, from inside and outside the country. Japan has reported two cases of the Omicron variant, first reported in South Africa last week. Japan has registered 1,726 since the start of the pandemic.751 total cases (+115 in 24 hours) and 18,358 deaths.

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Ministry of Health has announced the identification of the country's first case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19: it is an African woman from an unspecified African state through an Arab nation. The state news agency Wam reports. The woman, who is fully vaccinated against Covid-19 according to the approved health protocols in force in the Emirates, has been isolated along with her contacts and shows no symptoms of the disease. According to the ministry, the UAE health sector is fully prepared to deal with various variants of the coronavirus. Since the beginning of the pandemic in the Emirates there have been 742,109 total cases (68 in the last 24 hours) and 2,148 deaths.

Canada Canada has announced that it has registered the first case of wildlife infected with the coronavirus. These are three deer that tested positive for the virus in November, the National Center for Foreign Animal Disease (CFIA) reported. Deer are found in the Estrie region of Quebec. The deer "showed no clinical signs of the disease."

Brazil yesterday recorded 11,413 new cases of coronavirus and 283 deaths caused by the disease: the Ministry of Health announced, according to the Guardian. The overall toll of infections in the country thus rises to 22,105,872, including 614,964 victims.

The UK yesterday recorded 48,374 new cases of coronavirus and 171 deaths caused by the disease, the government said.

Both figures are on the rise compared to Tuesday, when the infections were 39,716 (+ 21.8%) and the victims 159 (+ 7.5%).

The overall toll of infections in the country is currently 10.2 million, including 145,140 deaths.