ALMOST 40 countries have closed their doors to southern African countries, including Namibia and its neighbour South Africa, amid widespread panic over the new Covid-19 variant, called Omicron.

Despite recording a number of cases throughout the continent, the entire European Union (EU) has banned the entry of southern African residents soon after South Africa’s announcement that it had detected a new variant.

South Africa reported the new variant to the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday, while Botswana, Israel, and Hong Kong recorded cases soon after.

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