President Joe Biden urged Americans not to panic about the new COVID-19 Omicron variant and said the U.S. was making contingency plans with pharmaceutical companies if new vaccines are needed https://t.co/Mm4Jy6ORpG pic.twitter.com/C0iIz0tyoU

— Reuters (@Reuters) November 29, 2021

G7 health ministers on Monday called for "urgent action" to combat the newly identified Omicron Covid-19 variant spreading across the world as US President Joe Biden said the strain is "not a cause for panic" https://t.co/oiBN5uF6XM

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) November 30, 2021

Minimum dose interval for booster jabs to be halved from 6 months to 3 months and all adults to be offered booster Covid vaccine, Health Secretary Sajid Javid confirms https://t.co/q4Clo5uc6k pic.twitter.com/jHwMeteRzU

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) November 29, 2021

.@sajidjavid says rich countries must do “everything they can” to get more vaccines to countries of South -presumably that’s everything except main thing they’re asking for – the waiving of intellectual property rules so they can manufacture vaccines themselves #PeoplesVaccine

— Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) November 29, 2021

JPMORGAN: “.. the new and highly contagious (500 times more than the original strain; compared Delta being a mere 75 times more contagious) Omicron strain reminds us that we are not out of the woods .. we are forced to be extremely cautious in assessing risks to the near term ..” pic.twitter.com/5DMvv9CcRw

— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) November 29, 2021

Omicron variant is 'very likely' already in the US – health expert https://t.co/VjMtrJemX5

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) November 30, 2021

"Today, CDC is strengthening its recommendation on booster doses for individuals who are 18 years and older," the CDC declared in a statement. https://t.co/UdRQSsxh80

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) November 30, 2021

“What we have to worry about now is that when older, unvaccinated people are infected with the new variant.” https://t.co/I0a48hJeLf

— Slate (@Slate) November 30, 2021

Come get your people who undermine public health with their attacks on the vaccinations.

GOP: No vaccine mandates! No masks!

Also GOP: Hey, what happened? Why are coronavirus cases still a thing? https://t.co/DdQthycYd8

— Matt Ortega (@MattOrtega) November 29, 2021

“If you’re searching for an explanation for why 50 million American adults have not gotten vaccinated, it comes from people like Ronny Jackson…” pic.twitter.com/DvNQUYTyS6

— Acyn (@Acyn) November 28, 2021

I know and understand that the common response to this is, WTF? I feel it too. But we keep seeing the Holocaust held up as some sort of analogy to efforts to contain a deadly global pandemic. And it’s not just shocking, it’s sickening and unacceptable. https://t.co/Q7cbhQ7cSp

— Sam Stein (@samstein) November 30, 2021

Omicron map: Tracking the new Covid-19 variant around the world. https://t.co/a4Dngy7sJu

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 29, 2021

Boosting vaccine supply will be good, but not enough, to reduce the space for Covid mutations, @davidfickling writes https://t.co/Pfyw12oLBm

— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) November 30, 2021

If Omicron starts to spread, governments will have to fall back on non-pharmaceutical interventions https://t.co/OIbogiGpKL

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) November 29, 2021

Omicron mutations alarm scientists, but new variant first must prove it can outcompete delta https://t.co/datjOXl0md

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 30, 2021

The Omicron variant has alarmed many scientists because of the number of genetic mutations it carries. But more doesn't necessarily mean worse: Mutations sometimes work together to make a virus more fearsome, but they may also cancel one another out. https://t.co/drtNl15xvc

— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 29, 2021

One way to address the omnipresent threat of mutations like the omicron variant would be to ensure global access to the vaccine.

As it stands, the 20 wealthiest countries have received almost 90 percent of the global vaccine supply.
https://t.co/cyPO5MydAc

— The New Republic (@newrepublic) November 30, 2021

“We need 9 billion doses across the Southern Hemisphere, and we don’t need it by 2023 or 2024. We need it now," Dr. Hotez says. https://t.co/D7OC1sTWj0

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 29, 2021

Airlines push back on travel restrictions imposed as new Omicron coronavirus variant spreads @petemuntean reports pic.twitter.com/TQIbCg9u42

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) November 30, 2021

The probe into two flights from South Africa to the Netherlands, on which more than a dozen people tested positive for the Omicron variant, reveal gaps in current Covid-19 travel measures https://t.co/8ZRqwZcrhx

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) November 30, 2021

Border restrictions might feel helpful. But do they actually make a difference? https://t.co/FjkeCq7DsJ

— Slate (@Slate) November 29, 2021

Barbados will remove Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state, breaking its ties with the British royal family — and with it, one of the island’s last remaining imperial bonds to the UK. https://t.co/xI5FbxkY79

— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 29, 2021

Queen congratulates Barbados as it becomes a republic https://t.co/So1sG2BXPk

— The Guardian (@guardian) November 30, 2021

On November 30, Barbados, long known as the Caribbean’s ‘Little England’ becomes a monarch-free republic https://t.co/5ldLffSzXL

— National Geographic (@NatGeo) November 22, 2021

Barbados is about to become the world's newest republic. I suspect others will follow – especially once the reign of King Charles III is upon us.https://t.co/u4O3z7SfJf

— Otto English (@Otto_English) November 29, 2021

Leaked emails allege that Prince Andrew tried to help a Conservative donor open a bank in Monaco, whose family bank went on to lend the British Royal £1.5 million and then wrote off the loan https://t.co/SdIkYrEMdy

— The Times (@thetimes) November 29, 2021

While Prince Andrew is not expected to be dragged into the proceedings, what happens to his friend has implications for claims against him https://t.co/nOq7gNbFFV

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) November 27, 2021

Three years ago today: The Miami Herald launched this series on how Jeffrey Epstein got away with abusing dozens of underage girls. Tomorrow, one of his associates, Ghislaine Maxwell, goes on trial, accused of helping him. https://t.co/9pxqrV8ZZ1

— julie k. brown (@jkbjournalist) November 28, 2021

Opening line by the prosecution: "I want to tell you about a young girl named Jane."

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) November 29, 2021