RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil to close its borders to travellers arriving from six southern African countries, the chief of staff to President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday (Nov. 26), the latest in a slew of major nations to announce restrictions meant to combat the newly identified Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
The six countries are: South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, he said in another Twitter post.
Brazilian health regulator Anvisa had recommended earlier on Friday (Nov. 26) that travel be restricted from some African countries due to the detection of the new COVID-19 variant.
