https://apnews.com/63c47b79765c697760378789c70ebe81 > A new coronavirus variant identified in South Africa is leading to a new round of travel restrictions just as many had finally begun to ease. > The risks of the variant, called omicron, are largely unknown. But the World Health Organization has called it a “variant of concern” and governments around the world are not waiting for scientists to better understand the variant to impose flight bans and other travel restrictions.