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Added on the 26/11/2021 19:09:31 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Passengers walk in a terminal at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands after authorities test whether 61 passengers who tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving from South Africa have the new Omicron strain. IMAGES
Scientists in South Africa say they have detected a new Covid-19 variant with multiple mutations, blaming it for a surge in infection numbers. The variant, which goes by the scientific lineage number B.1.1.529, "has a very high number of mutations". SOUNDBITE
Police Minister Bheki Cele, and several members of the police force, receive the Johnson & Johnson vaccination against Covid-19, as South Africa faces mounting infections taking the countries new cumulative total past two million. IMAGES
Residents of Pretoria get vaccinated against Covid-19, as South Africa struggles with a third wave of infections. The country, the worst affected by the pandemic in Africa, has seen the daily figures for new cases double over the past two weeks, while hospital admissions have climbed by nearly 60 percent over the same period. IMAGES
South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, 89, receives Covid-19 vaccine as the country starts its immunization campaign for people over 60 years old. IMAGES
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the government has decided to "to move the country from coronavirus alert level three to alert level one." SOUNDBITE
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