JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — Anxious-looking travelers thronged Johannesburg international airport and stood in long queues on Friday, desperate to squeeze onto the last flights to
Italy imposed an entry ban Friday on people who have visited any one of eight southern African states in the last 14 days, because of
Since early in the COVID pandemic, the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa has been monitoring changes in SARS-CoV-2. This was a valuable tool
MADRID — Spain’s cabinet will restrict flights from South Africa and Botswana over concerns about a highly contagious new COVID-19 variant there, Health Minister Carolina
NAIROBI — Kenya has not banned travel to southern Africa but its Ministry of Health says it will carefully screen people arriving from South Africa,
JOHANNESBURG — U.S. President Joe Biden announced the United States will restrict travel from South Africa and seven other countries, effective Monday.The U.S. travel prohibition
BRUSSELS — European Union states have agreed to suspend travel from southern Africa after the detection of a new COVID-19 variant, the presidency of the
LONDON — Global stocks tumbled Friday and oil fell below $80 a barrel after news of a possibly vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant sent investors scurrying to