FILE- A man receives an AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in Abuja, Nigeria Friday, Nov 19, 2021. Nigeria has detected its first case of the omicron coronavirus variant in a sample it collected in October, weeks before South Africa alerted the world about the variant last week, the country's national public health institute said Wednesday Dec 1, 2021. AP

A photographer takes photo of a projector image showing immunofluorescence staining of omicron infected Vero E6 cells in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Researchers at The University of Hong Kong have succeeded in isolating the omicron coronavirus variant from clinical specimens, making them the first research team in Asia that has succeeded in this regard, the university said. AP

People wait to be tested for COVID -19 at a public hospital in Harare, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged people eligible for COVID-19 vaccination to get the jab amid fears of the omicron variant. AP

A nurse speaks to people waiting to be vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine at a public hospital in Harare, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged people eligible for COVID-19 vaccination to get the jab amid fears of the omicron variant. ِ؛

A woman receives a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at a public hospital in Harare, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged people eligible for COVID-19 vaccination to get the jab amid fears of the omicron variant. AP

Residents wait for their turn to be inoculated during a nationwide vaccination drive at a school in Navotas, Philippines on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. There has been no reported infection so far caused by the new coronavirus variant in the Philippines, a Southeast Asian pandemic hotspot where COVID-19 cases have considerably dropped, but the emergence of the omicron virus variant has set off a new alarm. AP

A medical worker walks past covid kit boxes in the Wizink Center, currently used for COVID-19 vaccinations in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Health authorities in the Spanish capital have confirmed a second case of the omicron coronavirus variant in a 61-year-old woman who had returned from a trip to South Africa on Monday. AP

The capital s shopping streets are near-empty after 5 pm in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, after a tougher COVID-19 related lockdown came into effect starting Sunday, moving closing time forward of three hours from 8 pm amid swiftly rising infections and ICU admissions. AP

People walk past road blocks made of burnt vehicles and debris at the cut-off locality of La Boucan in Sainte-Rose, in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe on November 30, 2021 AFP

This picture shows road blocks made of burnt vehicles and debris at the cut-off locality of La Boucan in Sainte-Rose, in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe on November 30, 2021, as France s minister for overseas territories left Guadeloupe at an impasse over ways to end more than a week of violent protests sparked by Covid-19 restrictions. - Unrest in the former colonial outpost began with a protest over compulsory Covid-19 vaccinations for health workers, but quickly ballooned into a broader revolt over living conditions, and spread to next door Martinique. AFP