For a moment, the stock market was back in the spring of 2020, the moment of the first virus outbreak. Yet there are more differences than similarities. That means a much smaller impact on the economy and the stock market.
Omicron
This new variant of the virus first appeared in Botswana on 11 November. Shortly afterwards, there were more cases in South Africa, in the province of Gauteng, 400 kilometres from the Botswana border. Gauteng is South Africa's smallest province, but one-quarter of i