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WATCH: African Reporter Slams Biden For "Racist" Travel Ban Over Omicron Variant The Biden administration has been roundly criticized for its travel ban on 8 African countries over the Omicron variant of the Chinese coronavirus. Critics point out that the ban has no scientific basis since the variant is far less deadly than the Delta variant; and it has been detected in European countries not included in the ban. Today News Africa correspondent Simon Ateba had this week clashed over the travel ban with Dr. Anthony Fauci the discredited Chief Medical Adviser to President Biden, and White House press secretary Jen Psaki. The press secretary at one point accused the TNA correspondent of being disrespectful. Ateba, a native of Cameroon, told Fox News on Friday that: "The travel ban was built on a lie. The president on November 26 banned 8 African countries. Only 2 of those countries had any case of the omicron variant." The reporter said: "There's total chaos. People can’t travel to Namibia, Zimbabwe [or] Mozambique, yet they have zero cases. So I don't believe I was the one being disrespectful. I think Africa was disrespected, by banning countries based on a lie." Ateba claimed that "The African [Union] CDC told him that "travel bans don’t prevent variants from spreading." He said the ban "seems discriminatory and a bit racist – because [those are] Black-African countries." https://www.keneci.com/read-more-hotfeed-on-keneci-channel#h.9xoc387gapmk