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A new wave of the coronavirus driven by two new Omicron sub-variants in South Africa has led to more than 50% increase in infections in 24 hours. According to official figures …
A new wave of the coronavirus driven by two new Omicron sub-variants in South Africa has led to more than 50% increase in infections in 24 hours.
According to official figures released on Thursday, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases counted 9,757 new cases of Covid-19 in the country, 50% more than the 6,170 new cases counted the day before on Wednesday. 64 new deaths were also reported.
More than a quarter of the people tested had a positive result, the highest rate recorded in months. Covid-19 has also claimed seven lives in the last two days.
The Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation warned late April that South Africa, the country officially the most affected by Covid-19 on the continent, has entered a new wave of pandemic.
The country of nearly 60 million people, where less than 45% of the adult population is fully vaccinated, has officially recorded more than 3.8 million cases and over 100, 000 deaths.
Two new Omicron sub-variants, whose virulence has yet to be determined, are causing the new wave of Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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A memorial museum and some businesses have been damaged in Addis Ababa after clashes between police and muslims celebrating the end of the Ramadan broke out on Monday, April 2. The …
A memorial museum and some businesses have been damaged in Addis Ababa after clashes between police and muslims celebrating the end of the Ramadan broke out on Monday, April 2. The incident occured outside the international stadium in the center of the Ethiopian capital, where Eid al-Fitr prayers were taking place.
“All the glass of the museum is shattered, says Mulalem Assafa, manager of Red Terror Martyr’s Memorial Musieum, A car that was used by former head of state Mengistu Haile Mariam, which is now the property of the museum, is damaged. The minibus used for transportation is also vandalized. The cafe, the computer shop and the bookshop, which are administered by the museum, have been detroyed”.
76 suspects have already been arrested by the Ethiopian police. A member of the Ethiopian High Council of Islamic Affairs reported that people at the scene told him that a policeman accidentally fired a round of tear gas which triggered a confrontation.
“The protestors came from outside, throwing stones and shattering the glasses, describes Ermais Wolday, owner of cafe damaged by protesters, Then, they smashed the chairs and tables in the garden. And then, they entered inside the cafe, smashed the TV and many pieces of equipment inside.”, adds the businessman standing in the middle of his cafe.
Africanewsguru journalists said some demonstrators shouted “Justice for Gondar” and “Don’t burn our mosques, don’t kill our people.”. At least 20 people muslims were killed last Tuesday, in the northern city of Gondar while attending a funeral. The Islamic Affairs Council of the Amhara region says “extremist Christians” are responsible for the deadly attack. The region’s security authorities said on Friday that 373 people had been arrested.
