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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.
Registration Portal COVID-19 vaccination in Botswana is an ongoing immunisation campaign against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in response to the ongoing pandemic in the country .
COVID-19 testing involves analyzing samples to assess the current or past presence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that cases COVID-19 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The two main types of tests detect either the presence of the virus or antibodies produced in response to infection.
An early advocate of immunity passports during the COVID-19 pandemic was Sam Rainsy, the Cambodian opposition leader. In exile and under confinement in Paris, he proposed immunity passports as a way to help restart the economy in a series of articles which he began in March 2020 and published in The Geopolitics and The Brussels Times .
UN COVID-19 Supply Chain Task Force (WHO) COVID-19 Supply Council (Canada) PREPARE (European Union) National Public Health Emergency Team (Ireland) Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (African Union) Ghana Infectious Disease Centre (Ghana) COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (Canada) Novel Coronavirus Expert Meeting (Japan)
Visa requirements for Botswana citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Botswana.As of 15 June 2024, Botswana citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 91 countries and territories, ranking the Botswana passport 59th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
SARS-CoV-2 is the seventh known coronavirus to infect people, after 229E, NL63, OC43, HKU1, MERS-CoV, and the original SARS-CoV. [105] Like the SARS-related coronavirus implicated in the 2003 SARS outbreak, SARS‑CoV‑2 is a member of the subgenus Sarbecovirus (beta-CoV lineage B). [106] [107] Coronaviruses undergo frequent recombination. [108]
On 8 April, the WHO warned that the number of COVID-19 cases in Africa had now increased to over 10,000, with over 500 dead. [59] Responding to criticism, the WHO Director-General warned against politicizing COVID-19 as unity is the "only option" to defeat the pandemic, emphasizing, "please quarantine politicizing COVID". [60]