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SA holidaymakers can forget sipping cocktails on the white sandy beaches of Mauritius this December.
The Indian Ocean island lifted its travel ban on South Africans in September and was anticipating a bumper December season.Unvaccinated students will not be allowed on the University of the Free State’s premises as from February.Rector and vice-chancellor Prof Francis Petersen said though the university does not compel people to vaccinate, it has the right to require vaccination if anyone wants to access its premises. The policy will be implemented from February 22.
“So why do our SA scientists have to take so much pride in finding variants and then announcing them so publicly, without first analysing vaccine efficacy?” he said.Australia imposed new restrictions on Saturday on people who have been to nine southern African countries, as the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 raises concerns about another wave of the pandemic.
Effective immediately, the government will ban non-citizens who have been in those countries from entering and will require supervised 14-day quarantines for Australian citizens and their dependents returning from the countries, said Health Minister Greg Hunt.A crucial meeting of the national coronavirus command council has been brought forward to Saturday, the presidency announced on Friday night.
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