WHO: Omicron covid variant should be a ‘wake up call’

The head of the World Health Organization warns the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus poses a global risk and has highlighted the need for global solidarity in fighting the pandemic. Plus, the tri-annual Sino-Africa summit has begun in Dakar, Senegal, focusing on trade and relations between China and the continent. And people in Accra pay tribute to the celebrated Ghanaian-American fashion designer, Virgil Abloh, who has died.