The West’s response to omicron is widening the global divide
Just when it was beginning to look as though large parts of the world were experiencing an easing of the COVID-19 pandemic after almost two years of its damaging effects, concerns about the recently discovered omicron variant seem to have pushed us back to square one and the world might be looking at another prolonged period of pain.
Indeed, within less than a week, the omicron variant, which was first detected in South Africa, has been identified in nearly two dozen countries and this number is set to increase rapidly. Many people might therefore think that the leaders of those countries that were quickest to restrict air connections with the entire southern Africa…