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WHO chief: cancel plans now and celebrate later
WHO director-general warns of the danger of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus.
As a fourth wave of the coronavirus hits many countries globally, the WHO director-general urges people to cancel plans now and celebrate later rather than grieve later. We hear of the effects of the Omicron variant on Africa from the CDC director.
Also, humanitarian and aid groups in Nigeria condemn the Borno State government plan to close displaced people's camps by 31st December.
Plus Ethiopia's Government gives a lukewarm response to the TPLF call for a ceasefire... What may change that tune to end the year long civil war?
(Image: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO). Credit: REUTERS)
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Tue 21 Dec 202119:06GMT
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