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Covid-19: Angola shuts borders with 7 countries in southern Africa

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Angola government closed its borders with seven southern African countries on Saturday, in order to combat the spread of the new Covid-19 variant.

South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, and Zimbabwe are members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

Angola has 65,130 Covid-19 cases, 63,183 recoveries, and 1,733 deaths so far.

According to Ado de Almeida, the country’s Minister of State and Chief of Presidential Staff, the move would take effect on December 1.

“The decision does not apply to Angolan citizens who wish to return to the nation; nonetheless, they will be subjected to a 14-day quarantine at home,” Mr de Almeida explained. Flights from India to the country will restart on January 1, 2022, he added.

South African scientists discovered a novel Covid-19’super-variant’ with numerous mutations, prompting the Angolan government to take action.

In less than a week, at least 1,000 cases have been discovered in greater Johannesburg and adjacent areas in Gauteng province, but the outbreak has spread worldwide. In Botswana, at least four cases have been discovered.

Due to growing concern over a newly discovered coronavirus variant, UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced on Thursday that South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, and eSwatini would be added to the travel red list and flights from those countries would be temporarily banned beginning at noon on Friday.

Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and the United States, among others, joined the United Kingdom in banning flights from the SADC on Friday.

AFP

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