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Hong Kong is considering banning unvaccinated residents from entering certain businesses in a bid to prevent the transmission of a new, more contagious coronavirus variant already found in the city, the minister in charge of the Covid-19 jab drive said. The stricter rules revealed by Civil Service Secretary Patrick Nip Tak-kuen on Saturday followed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) decision overnight to name the new variant detected in South Africa “Omicron”, after the Greek letter. It also said the variant was one “of concern” for the greater risks it could pose than the Delta variety. Elsewhere, the Philippines, Switzerland, and...
