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On 27 July, the second Botswana death via COVID-19 was reported. [23] On 31 July, the Greater Gaborone zone had come under lock down for the third time after a steep uptick of COVID-19 locally transmitted cases. The lockdown was expected to take a period of two weeks. [24] By the end of the month, the total number of confirmed cases was 894.
Botswana continued to address the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022, including the discovery of the COVID-19 variant Omicron BA.4 and BA.5, with COVID-19 restrictions being relaxed in October. Continued disputes took place regarding the Botswana–Namibia border , though an open border was established in September.
Data for the map and graphs is from the COVID-19 Data Repository by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. [ note 2 ] 7-day rolling average . Map of daily new confirmed deaths per million people by country [ 14 ] [ note 2 ] [ note 3 ]
Botswana continued to address the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, beginning its vaccination process through the importation of vaccines. On November 11, Botswana was the location of the first documented case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. 2021 also saw the discovery of two diamonds in Botswana that exceeded 1000 carats, becoming the third and fourth largest diamonds ever discovered.
COVID-19 cases in Botswana ... Sources: various news sources and state health department websites. See Timeline Table and Timeline narrative for sources.
Last year, the WHO and the World Bank estimated the need for $10.5 billion in annual funding for pandemic preparedness. BY THE NUMBERS The fund has already raised $2 billion in seed capital from ...
On 5 September, Botswana received 404,494 doses of the CoronaVac vaccine. [24] On 18 September, Botswana received the first 101,760 of 401,280 Oxford-AstraZeneca doses donated by Germany. [25] On 23 September, Botswana received 50,400 doses of the Janssen vaccine donated by South Africa. By the end of the month 245,559 persons had been fully ...
The Omicron variant features as such for the first time in the overview of WHO's weekly operational update, namely "Supporting Omicron variant detection and COVID-19 response in southern Africa." As of 2 December, Botswana and South Africa have reported 19 and 172 Omicron variant cases, respectively, accounting for 62% of global cases.