Following the discovery of a new coronavirus variant, the Chief of Staff to President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, Ciro Nogueira, has announced on his Twitter page that Brazil’s borders would be shut to six African countries, as part of measures by the country to protect its citizens from the new variant of Coronavirus.
The six countries are South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Eswatini.
Brazil’s Health Ministry said that the new variant poses serious potential threat to the citizens. Therefore, strict preventive measures must be taken as soon as possible.
The statement also disclosed further that foreigners who have been to at least one of the six African countries in the last 14days would not be allowed into Brazil.
The European Union and several countries including the United States and Britain have also announced tighter border controls.
