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Authorities in Zimbabwe have tightened the restrictions for another two weeks, as coronavirus cases are increasing in the country after the discovery of the Omicron variant. The new measures say government activities are to be scaled down to 30% except for essential services. Hotels and lodges have been asked to …

A delegation of Russian scientists has arrived in South Africa to study the new variant of the coronavirus, Omicron, which was detected last month in this southern African country. The Russian Ministry for Foreign Affairs has tweeted a video of the team’s arrival, adding that the plane was also carrying …

A high court in Kenya has suspended a government directive aimed at preventing citizens who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 from entering administrative buildings or benefiting from state services. The petition filed by businessman Enock Aura said the directive, which was to be implemented next week, was unconstitutional and …

Authorities in Ghana have announced that airlines carrying unvaccinated foreign nationals into the country will be fined $3,500 per passenger, as they are concerned about a surge of infections over the festive period. The measure that came into effect on Monday aims to tighten the ban on unvaccinated foreign visitors …

Health officials in Mozambique have announced that the country is seeing a sharp increase in coronavirus-related cases after months when figures were either declining or stabilized. Authorities said over 1,000 cases have been recorded since Friday. The country’s health ministry has launched a program of mobile vaccination units to try …

The South African Presidency has announced that President Cyril Ramaphosa has tested positive for the coronavirus and is being treated for mild symptoms. The presidency said in a statement that the president started feeling unwell on Sunday after leaving the state memorial service of South Africa’s last apartheid president, FW …

The government of Ghana has announced that all visitors must be fully vaccinated against covid-19 from midnight Sunday before being allowed to enter the country. In a statement, the government said Ghanaians who intend to return to the country within the next fortnight are exempt, but will be vaccinated upon …

The Nigerian government has announced that a million of doses of coronavirus vaccines in the country expired last month and said they had been withdrawn before then and will be destroyed. The government said in the statement that it “now politely declines all vaccine donations with short shelf life or …

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has said that the country is preparing for more hospital admissions, as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread in the country. President Ramaphosa says the number of daily infections has increased five- fold over the last week and has urged South Africans to get …

A next pandemic is likely to be “worse”, warns on Monday the British scientist Sarah Gilbert, co-creator of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19, calling for investment in research to be better prepared for this eventuality. “This won’t be the last time a virus threatens our lives and livelihoods. The truth …