Finland on Tuesday lifted all restrictions linked to the covid-19 pandemic. The announcement was made this Monday by the Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin. The Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, made the announcement during a meeting with the Publishers Association, state broadcaster Yleisradio Oy (Yle) reported. According to Yle, some of the measures agreed upon by the...
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Southern African countries fly to Brazilian territory again
The Brazilian government today repealed restrictions imposed on flights from African countries at the end of last year, after the emergence of Omicron, a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, according to an ordinance published in the Official Gazette of the Union. According to the Lusa news, as of today, travelers coming from or going through South Africa, Botswana,...
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British government considers adopting new restrictions before Christmas
British government does not exclude the possibility of imposing further restrictions in England before Christmas to stop the spread of covid-19. British Health Minister Sajid Javid said today that new measures could be adopted in the face of the pandemic's spread. "We are assessing the situation, which is very volatile. We have seen that there is a lot of ...
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"Transparency should be rewarded, not punished," argues WHO
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) criticized this Thursday, the restrictions imposed on countries where a new variant was detected, whose transparency should be "compensated and not punished". According to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who was speaking at the closing session of the first International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA), he thanked...
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Covid-19. Spain maintains flight restrictions to Mozambique and other African countries
Spain's restrictions on flights into its territory from Mozambique and eight other southern African countries were extended today, until December 29 this year, to obstruct the spread of the new variant of covid-19. Spain maintains restrictions on flights from Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana, eSwatini, Lesotho, Namibia,...
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Portugal resumes commercial flights with Mozambique - Portuguese Minister
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, Augusto Santos Silva, assured, this Friday, the country will suspend restrictions and commercial air links with Mozambique will resume soon, "soon after the completion of repatriation flights". In an interview with RTP, the official said that although the pandemic situation has forced...
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Head of the African Free Trade Area criticizes new bans
The secretary-general of the African Continental Free Trade Area has branded travel bans against southern African countries due to the Omicron variant as "disguised restrictions" on the continent's trade and commercial growth. Wamkele Mene, head of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) secretariat, said the recent bans...
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Portugal imposes quarantine on Southern African passengers due to Omicron variant
Portugal joins a growing list of nations that are placing restrictions on flights from the southern region of Africa where Mozambique and Angola are part. According to the Lusophone, the measure aims to stop the spread of the new variant of coronavirus. This Saturday, data indicate that in Europe, there is already one case of infection by...
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Omicron forces U.S. and Russia to close borders to South Africa, Mozambique and other countries
The emergence of the Omicron variant of covid-19 is already worrying all nations, and several measures are being taken. For now it is the turn of the United States and Russia to announce restrictions on the entry of foreigners from South Africa, Mozambique and other countries in the region due to the emergence of this new variant. This Friday,...
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Private sector concerned about impact of tightening restrictions
The Confederation of Mozambican Economic Associations - CTA expressed concern this Thursday about the impact of the tightening of restrictions on covid-19 in the country, considering that the measures will limit the business machine