Travel from South Africa stopped as new virus rattles gov’ts

Canada has stopped all travel from South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Namibia and Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland) because of the discovery of the new C-19 variant named Omicron. Many headlines Saturday use words like  “alarming” and “concerning.” But as was seen with other variants, the early stages of their appearance is not nearly enough to know how much more dangerous, if any, they might be over previous variations. All headlines