Morocco bans travelers from 6 southern African countries over Covid variant

Morocco’s Foreign Ministry banned on Friday  travel from a group of southern African nations as a surge in the newly discovered mutated Covid-19 variant is causing  alarm among governments worldwide.

The decision includes, in addition to South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

The UK and EU placed the six southern African countries on its red list after the discovery of the new Covid-19 variant.

Morocco’s decision aims “to preserve Morocco’s achievements in the management of the Covid-19 pandemic and to cope with the deteriorating health situation in some countries,” noted the Inter-Ministerial Committee in a statement.