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Reuters
Reuters
Health

Oman bans travellers from 7 southern African states over COVID variant

Oman has suspended entry to travellers from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho and Eswatini starting from Nov. 28 due to the spread of a new variant of COVID-19 discovered in South Africa, the country's state news agency said in a tweet on Saturday.

(Reporting by Yomna Ehab; Editing by Alexander Smith)

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