Oman bans travellers from 7 southern African states over COVID variant

CAIRO (Reuters) – Oman has suspended entry to travellers from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho and Eswatini starting from Nov. 28 due to the spread of a new variant of COVID-19 discovered in South Africa, the country’s state news agency said in a tweet on Saturday.

(Reporting by Yomna Ehab; Editing by Alexander Smith)

Exit mobile version