The corresponding list includes South Africa, Tanzania, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini and Hong Kong.
Russian Federation in full banned entry to foreigners from nine African countries and Hong Kong amid the spread of the new COVID-19 strain “Omicron”.
This was reported on the official portal of legal information of the Russian Federation.
South -African Republic, Tanzania, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini, as well as the Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China Hong Kong.
Earlier, the Russian government introduced a temporary restriction on entry, providing exceptions for diplomatic passports and service visas, crews of air, sea and river vessels, as well as train and locomotive crews. However, now these mitigations will not work for these countries.
As reported in WHO, a new variant of COVID-19 “Omicron” as of December 7 was recorded in the territory of 57 countries of the world . At the same time, according to the Ministry of Health, as of December 9, not a single case of this strain was recorded in Ukraine.
WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus believes that “some characteristics of Omicron, including the global the spread and large number of mutations indicate that it could seriously affect the course of the pandemic. “
November 26 World Health Organization qualified a new strain of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus received the name “Omicron” as a matter of concern. This variant was first discovered on November 9 in southern Africa.
