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Michael Ejercito
Nov 29, 2021, 10:38:44 AM11/29/21
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Covid: South Africa's president calls for lifting of Omicron travel bans
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Coronavirus pandemic
Media caption,
Cyril Ramaphosa: "We are deeply disappointed by the decision of several
countries to prohibit travel."
South Africa's president has condemned travel bans enacted against his
country and its neighbours over the new coronavirus variant Omicron.
Cyril Ramaphosa said he was "deeply disappointed" by the action, which
he described as unjustified, and called for the bans to be urgently lifted.
The UK, EU and US are among those who have imposed travel bans.
Omicron has been classed as a "variant of concern". Early evidence
suggests it has a higher re-infection risk.
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The heavily mutated variant was detected in South Africa earlier this
month and then reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) last
Wednesday.
The variant is responsible for most of the infections found in South
Africa's most populated province, Gauteng, over the last two weeks, and
the number of cases of "appears to be increasing in almost all
provinces" in the country, according to the WHO.
South Africa reported 2,800 new infections on Sunday, a rise from the
daily average of 500 in the previous week.
Government adviser and epidemiologist Salim Abdool Karim said he
expected the number of cases to reach more than 10,000 a day by the end
of the week, and for hospitals to come under pressure in the next two to
three weeks.
But Health Minister Joe Phaahla said there was "absolutely no need to
panic".
"We have been here before," he added, referring to the Beta variant
identified in South Africa last December.
On Monday, Japan became the latest country to reinstate tough border
restrictions, banning all foreigners from entering the country from 30
November.
The WHO has warned against countries hastily imposing travel curbs,
saying they should look to a "risk-based and scientific approach".
How worrying is the new Covid variant?
South Africans fear impact of new variant measures
Covid variants: Do we need new vaccines yet?
WHO's Africa director Matshidiso Moeti said on Sunday: "With the Omicron
variant now detected in several regions of the world, putting in place
travel bans that target Africa attacks global solidarity."
However, numerous bans have been introduced in recent days, with Rwanda
and Angola being among the African states to restrict flights to and
from South Africa.
Foreign ministry spokesman Clayson Monyela described their decision as
"quite regrettable, very unfortunate, and I will even say sad".
Media caption,
Watch Dr Angelique Coetzee, the doctor who first spotted Omicron,
describe "extremely mild" symptoms in patients
In his speech on Sunday, Mr Ramaphosa said there was no scientific basis
for the travel bans and that southern Africa was the victim of unfair
discrimination.
He also argued that the bans would not be effective in preventing the
spread of the variant.
"The only thing the prohibition on travel will do is to further damage
the economies of the affected countries and undermine their ability to
respond to, and recover from, the pandemic," he said.
He called on countries with bans in place to "urgently reverse their
decisions... before any further damage is done to our economies".
Mr Ramaphosa said South Africa would not impose new restrictions, but
would "undertake broad consultations on making vaccination mandatory for
specific activities and locations".
Current regulations in South Africa make it mandatory to wear face
coverings in public, and restrict indoor gatherings to 750 people and
outdoor gatherings to 2,000.
There are no vaccine shortages in South Africa itself, and Mr Ramaphosa
urged more people to get jabbed, saying that remained the best way to
fight the virus.
Health experts said that Gauteng, which includes Johannesburg, had
entered a fourth wave, and most hospital admissions were of unvaccinated
people.
Omicron has now been detected in a number of countries around the world,
including the UK, Germany, Australia and Israel.
In other developments:
In the Netherlands, Omicron was detected in 13 people who arrived in
Amsterdam on two flights from South Africa.
Separately, Dutch police said they detained a couple who had escaped
from a quarantine hotel. According to the Dutch newspaper Het Parool,
the Spanish man and Portuguese woman were arrested on a plane that was
about to depart to Spain
Israel banned all foreigners from entering the country for 14 days from
midnight Sunday
The UK called for an emergency meeting of the G7 group of nations on
Monday to discuss the new variant
Voters in Switzerland backed the government's measures to tackle Covid,
according to preliminary results.
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Covid: South Africa's president calls for lifting of Omicron travel bans
Published2 hours ago
Share
Related Topics
Coronavirus pandemic
Media caption,
Cyril Ramaphosa: "We are deeply disappointed by the decision of several
countries to prohibit travel."
South Africa's president has condemned travel bans enacted against his
country and its neighbours over the new coronavirus variant Omicron.
Cyril Ramaphosa said he was "deeply disappointed" by the action, which
he described as unjustified, and called for the bans to be urgently lifted.
The UK, EU and US are among those who have imposed travel bans.
Omicron has been classed as a "variant of concern". Early evidence
suggests it has a higher re-infection risk.
ADVERTISEMENT
The heavily mutated variant was detected in South Africa earlier this
month and then reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) last
Wednesday.
The variant is responsible for most of the infections found in South
Africa's most populated province, Gauteng, over the last two weeks, and
the number of cases of "appears to be increasing in almost all
provinces" in the country, according to the WHO.
South Africa reported 2,800 new infections on Sunday, a rise from the
daily average of 500 in the previous week.
Government adviser and epidemiologist Salim Abdool Karim said he
expected the number of cases to reach more than 10,000 a day by the end
of the week, and for hospitals to come under pressure in the next two to
three weeks.
But Health Minister Joe Phaahla said there was "absolutely no need to
panic".
"We have been here before," he added, referring to the Beta variant
identified in South Africa last December.
On Monday, Japan became the latest country to reinstate tough border
restrictions, banning all foreigners from entering the country from 30
November.
The WHO has warned against countries hastily imposing travel curbs,
saying they should look to a "risk-based and scientific approach".
How worrying is the new Covid variant?
South Africans fear impact of new variant measures
Covid variants: Do we need new vaccines yet?
WHO's Africa director Matshidiso Moeti said on Sunday: "With the Omicron
variant now detected in several regions of the world, putting in place
travel bans that target Africa attacks global solidarity."
However, numerous bans have been introduced in recent days, with Rwanda
and Angola being among the African states to restrict flights to and
from South Africa.
Foreign ministry spokesman Clayson Monyela described their decision as
"quite regrettable, very unfortunate, and I will even say sad".
Media caption,
Watch Dr Angelique Coetzee, the doctor who first spotted Omicron,
describe "extremely mild" symptoms in patients
In his speech on Sunday, Mr Ramaphosa said there was no scientific basis
for the travel bans and that southern Africa was the victim of unfair
discrimination.
He also argued that the bans would not be effective in preventing the
spread of the variant.
"The only thing the prohibition on travel will do is to further damage
the economies of the affected countries and undermine their ability to
respond to, and recover from, the pandemic," he said.
He called on countries with bans in place to "urgently reverse their
decisions... before any further damage is done to our economies".
Mr Ramaphosa said South Africa would not impose new restrictions, but
would "undertake broad consultations on making vaccination mandatory for
specific activities and locations".
Current regulations in South Africa make it mandatory to wear face
coverings in public, and restrict indoor gatherings to 750 people and
outdoor gatherings to 2,000.
There are no vaccine shortages in South Africa itself, and Mr Ramaphosa
urged more people to get jabbed, saying that remained the best way to
fight the virus.
Health experts said that Gauteng, which includes Johannesburg, had
entered a fourth wave, and most hospital admissions were of unvaccinated
people.
Omicron has now been detected in a number of countries around the world,
including the UK, Germany, Australia and Israel.
In other developments:
In the Netherlands, Omicron was detected in 13 people who arrived in
Amsterdam on two flights from South Africa.
Separately, Dutch police said they detained a couple who had escaped
from a quarantine hotel. According to the Dutch newspaper Het Parool,
the Spanish man and Portuguese woman were arrested on a plane that was
about to depart to Spain
Israel banned all foreigners from entering the country for 14 days from
midnight Sunday
The UK called for an emergency meeting of the G7 group of nations on
Monday to discuss the new variant
Voters in Switzerland backed the government's measures to tackle Covid,
according to preliminary results.
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HeartDoc Andrew
Nov 29, 2021, 10:43:00 AM11/29/21
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Africa/elsewhere is by rapidly ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
finding out at any given moment, including even while on-line, who
among us are unwittingly contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or
asymptomatic) in order to http://bit.ly/convince_it_forward (John
15:12) for them to call their doctor and self-quarantine per their
doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic. Thus, we're hoping for the
best while preparing for the worse-case scenario of the Alpha lineage
mutations and others like the Omicron, Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota,
Lambda, Mu & Delta lineage mutations combining via slip-replication to
form hybrids that render current COVID
vaccines/monoclonals/medicines/pills no longer
effective.
Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
So how are you ?
...because we mindfully choose to openly care with our heart,
HeartDoc Andrew <><
--
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Cardiologist with an http://HeartMDPhD.com/EternalMedicalLicense
2024 & upwards non-partisan candidate for U.S. President:
http://HeartMDPhD.com/WonderfullyHungryPresident
and author of the 2PD-OMER Approach:
http://HeartMDPhD.com/HeartDocAndrewCare
which is the only **healthy** cure for the U.S. healthcare crisis
Michael Ejercito
Nov 29, 2021, 11:13:40 AM11/29/21
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Michael
HeartDoc Andrew
Nov 29, 2021, 11:19:20 AM11/29/21
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MichaelE wrote:
While wonderfully hungry in the Holy Spirit, Who causes (Deuteronomy
8:3) us to hunger, I note that you, Michael, not only don't have
COVID-19 but are rapture (Luke 17:37) ready and pray (2 Chronicles
7:14) that our Everlasting (Isaiah 9:6) Father in Heaven continues to
give us "much more" (Luke 11:13) Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) so
that we'd have much more of His Help to always say/write that we're
"wonderfully hungry" in **all** ways including especially caring to
http://bit.ly/convince_it_forward (John 15:12 as shown by
http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 ) with all glory (
http://bit.ly/Psalm117_ ) to GOD (aka HaShem, Elohim, Abba, DEO), in
the name (John 16:23) of LORD Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen.
Laus DEO !
Suggested further reading:
https://groups.google.com/g/sci.med.cardiology/c/5EWtT4CwCOg/m/QjNF57xRBAAJ
Shorter link:
http://bit.ly/StatCOVID-19Test
Be hungrier, which really is wonderfully healthier especially for
diabetics and other heart disease patients:
http://HeartMDPhD.com/HeartDocAndrewToutsHunger (Luke 6:21a) with all
glory ( http://HeartMDPhD.com/Psalm117_ ) to GOD, Who causes us to
hunger (Deuteronomy 8:3) when He blesses us right now (Luke 6:21a)
thereby removing the http://HeartMDPhD.com/VAT from around the heart
8:3) us to hunger, I note that you, Michael, not only don't have
COVID-19 but are rapture (Luke 17:37) ready and pray (2 Chronicles
7:14) that our Everlasting (Isaiah 9:6) Father in Heaven continues to
give us "much more" (Luke 11:13) Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) so
that we'd have much more of His Help to always say/write that we're
"wonderfully hungry" in **all** ways including especially caring to
http://bit.ly/convince_it_forward (John 15:12 as shown by
http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 ) with all glory (
http://bit.ly/Psalm117_ ) to GOD (aka HaShem, Elohim, Abba, DEO), in
the name (John 16:23) of LORD Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen.
Laus DEO !
Suggested further reading:
https://groups.google.com/g/sci.med.cardiology/c/5EWtT4CwCOg/m/QjNF57xRBAAJ
Shorter link:
http://bit.ly/StatCOVID-19Test
Be hungrier, which really is wonderfully healthier especially for
diabetics and other heart disease patients:
http://HeartMDPhD.com/HeartDocAndrewToutsHunger (Luke 6:21a) with all
glory ( http://HeartMDPhD.com/Psalm117_ ) to GOD, Who causes us to
hunger (Deuteronomy 8:3) when He blesses us right now (Luke 6:21a)
thereby removing the http://HeartMDPhD.com/VAT from around the heart
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