COVID-19: Botswana extends night time curfew to Jan. 31
Botswana announced on Sunday extension of nighttime curfew up to Jan. 31 following the emergence of a new and more transmissible strain of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Minister of Health and Wellness Edwin Dikoloti made the announcement via national television, saying the curfew, enacted by the president on Dec. 23, would continue to be enforced between 20:00 and 04:00 (1800-0200 GMT) daily.
Virus-related risks have increased in Botswana according to evidence submitted by the director of health services, the minister said, stressing that curfew was an effective way of curbing rising coronavirus infections.
Dikoloti that rising COVID-19 cases during the Christmas and New Year holidays showed that people have not been strictly abiding by the set regulations to prevent spreading of the virus. (Xinhua/NAN)
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