Qatar Airways Imposes Flight Ban on Two African Countries as Omicron Variant is on the Rise
According to the reports the flight from Qatar Airways scheduled from Johannesburg to Doha scheduled at 21:30 took off at 01:00 on Friday and no comment has been made by the airline in this regard.
Highlights
- Both South Africa and Zimbabwe have been added to the “Exceptional Red List Countries” by Qatar.
- World Health Organization has raised its concerns over the new variant which it believes could be highly transmissible.
- The new Omicron variant was first discovered by South African scientists on November 9 and was reported to the WHO on November 24.
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