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Al-Araby
Egyptian journalist Youssef El-Husseiny has come under fire for endangering his colleagues after announcing live on air that he had contracted the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus. Husseiny made the announcement while presenting the ‘Nine O’Clock’ programme on Egypt’s Channel One. “I am infected with Omicron,” Husseiny can be heard saying in clips of the show posted to social media. “I am exhausted and ill and my condition is terrible”. “Don’t be concerned, this is not a crisis,” Husseiny told viewers, his voice hoarse. “The real crisis is that I wasn’t able to be on air yesterday.” “I ca…