Britain clamps down on travel as Omicron strain spreads to Europe

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Britain announced test and quarantine rules for all incoming travellers on Saturday following the arrival of the Omicron strain of the coronavirus to Europe. “We will require anyone who enters the UK to take a PCR test by the end of the second day after their arrival, and to self-isolate until they have a negative result,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a press conference in London. Britain has confirmed two cases of the Omicron variant, which is feared to have higher re-infection rates. On Friday, Belgium became the first European country to confirm that the strain, B.1.1.529, had reached …

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