crude off 6.7% at $73.22 per barrel and the international Brent benchmark off 5.6% at $77.64, both unusually large moves for a single day. “Investors are likely to shoot first and ask questions later until more is known,” said Jeffrey Halley of foreign exchange broker Oanda. Major indexes fell in Europe and Asia and Dow Jones futures dipped 800 points ahead of the market opening in the U.S. The new variant immediately infected stock markets around the world.
It said all three are vaccinated but that it is currently looking into their exact vaccination status. The traveler and two other suspected cases have been placed in isolation. Israel, one of the world's most vaccinated countries, announced Friday that it has also detected the country’s first case of the new variant, in a traveler who returned from Malawi. We don’t know if it’s a very dangerous variant.” It’s someone who came from abroad,” said Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke. “We have one case of this variant that is confirmed. "We must move quickly and at the earliest possible moment,” he said.īelgium became the first European Union country to announce a case of the variant. “Early indications show this variant may be more transmissible than the delta variant and current vaccines may be less effective against it,” British Health Secretary Sajid Javid told lawmakers. Medical experts, including the World Health Organization, warned against any overreaction before all elements were clear but nations who acted said their concerns were justified. Within a few days of the discovery of the new variant, it has already impacted on a jittery world that is sensitive to bad COVID-19 news, with deaths around the globe standing at well over 5 million.
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