Tag: Omicron

Omicron forces cancellation of 64th Grammys
Omicron forces cancellation of 64th Grammys

The 64th Grammy Awards ceremony has been postponed due to the latest wave of the coronavirus. The event, which is regarded as the biggest in the music industry, was scheduled to take place on January 31, 2022, in Los Angeles, USA. However; the Recording Academy announced in a statement that concerns about the spread of the Omicron…

UK removes Nigeria and 10 other African countries from it’s travel red list
UK removes Nigeria and 10 other African countries from it’s travel red list

The UK government says that all eleven countries will be removed from the it’s travel red list on Wednesday. Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe are on the list. The red list was reintroduced in late November as a precaution after the emergence of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. UK…

Adesina condemns omicron travel ban on Nigeria
Adesina condemns omicron travel ban on Nigeria

The African Development Bank has condemned travel bans placed on African countries over the Omicron variant of Covid-19. The AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina, wandered why African countries are being targeted by such bans, even when Omicron had also been found in developed countries. Adesina said global vaccines’ and travel apartheid against Africa are putting lives at risk,…

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