South Africa's Health Minister Joe Phaahla said the move to place travel restrictions on the country amid fears over the new COVID-19 variant is "unjustified" at a media briefing on Friday, CNBC reported.
Previous tweets from President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are igniting accusations of hypocrisy after the administration announced a travel ban in response to a new COVID-19 variant.
Joe Biden, now banning travel from South Africa amid fear of spreading the new Covid-19 mutation, at one point referred to Trump as xenophobic for banning travel from China for the same reason.
Africa's less than 6% vaccination rate and lack of mask-wearing makes it "one of the least [Covid-19] affected regions in the world," according to the World Health Organization.
Slapped on a gas pump next to the digital meter display, the stickers tell a simple, powerful story: Today’s gasoline prices, the highest in years, are courtesy of the commander in chief.
On Saturday, mass protests erupted throughout Europe, with rallies in Vienna, Rome, and the Netherlands, as governments across the continent reimposed lockdown restrictions and imposed severe Covid-19 vaccination procedures.
