Omicron variant: Malawi president blasts ‘Afrophobic’ Covid travel bans

Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera on Sunday accused Western countries of “Afrophobia” for shutting their borders to his and other neighbouring nations after South Africa flagged a new coronavirus variant last week.Dozens of countries have barred flights from southern Africa in a bid to keep the variant, named Omicron, off their shores.Chakwera is currently chairing the 16-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) which has seen most of its members blacklisted, sparking outrage.“We…

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