Global reaction varies as countries respond to omicron variant
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A person is tested for COVID-19 in Abuja, Nigeria, today. Countries around the world slammed their doors shut again to try to keep the new omicron variant at bay Monday, even as more cases of the mutant coronavirus emerged and scientists raced to figure out just how dangerous it might be.2/9
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Security forces stand guard inside an airport terminal in Rabat, Morocco, today. Morocco announced it would suspend all incoming air travel from around the world starting Monday for two weeks because of the rapid spread of the new omicron variant, the government's committee in charge of monitoring COVID-19 announced Sunday.3/9
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People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of coronavirus walk through central Barcelona, Spain, today.4/9
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President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 variant named omicron, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, as Vice President Kamala Harris and Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the president, listen today in Washington.5/9
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People wearing face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 walk in downtown Lisbon, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. Portuguese health authorities on Monday identified 13 cases of omicron, the new coronavirus variant spreading fast globally, among members of the Lisbon-based Belenenses SAD soccer club, and were investigating possible local transmission of the virus outside of southern Africa. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)
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People walk past an image of Santa on the side of a stall in a Christmas market, in Trafalgar Square, London, today.7/9
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People wear face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 on a bus in Harare, Zimbabwe, today. The World Health Organization has urged countries not to impose flight bans on southern African countries due to concerns over the new omicron variant.8/9
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Passengers check in at the Lufthansa counter at Johannesburg's OR Tambo's airport today.9/9
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A man walks through a deserted part of Johannesburg's OR Tambo's airport, South Africa, today.
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