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World Service,29 Nov 2021,49 mins

Borders shut in response to Omicron Covid strain

Newsday

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Health ministers from the world's richest countries gather for emergency talks - as the South African president criticises the travel bans. Meanwhile in the Netherlands the alarm is sounded after a couple there fled their quarantine hotel. And how Antarctica may be opening up as the world's last tourist destination.

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