A number of countries have banned travellers from Scotland and the rest of the UK amid growing Omicron numbers. The Scottish Government has so far recorded 792 confirmed cases of the mutant Covid variant - but the actual number is said to be much higher.
There is global concern over the variant, as scientists continue to investigate the potential impact it could have on the course of the pandemic.Early studies have shown that the effectiveness of two doses of the coronavirus vaccines drops, while more work is being done to understand the severity of infection.
Earlier this week, Nicola Sturgeon said that Omicron had become the dominant strain of Covid in Scotland. Due to the growing number of Omicron cases in Scotland and the rest of the
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