About a week or so ago, a new dangerous, highly contagious African variant of the Coronavirus was reported in the countries of South Africa, Belgium, Hong Kong and Botswana. Read here. 

Now, based on reports by CNN, it would appear that said variant has already spread to about 16 countries worldwide. 

These countries include:

South Africa: 77 cases

Botswana: 19 cases

Netherlands: 13 cases

Portugal: 13 cases

United Kingdom: 9 cases

Germany: 3 cases

Canada: 3 cases

Hong Kong: 3 cases

Denmark: 2 cases

Australia: 2 cases

Austria: 1 case

Belgium: 1 case

Czech Republic: 1 case

Israel: 1 case

Italy: 1 case

Spain: 1 case

As nations across the world prepare for a surge with Omicron, up to 70 countries have also imposed new travel restrictions, as means to halt it.