the death of south africa's last white president has drawn mixed reactions after he was jointly awardedhe nobel peace prize with nelson mandela for disbanding the system of racial segregation known as apartheid. some praised him for ending white minority rule while others called him a traitor. he remains one of the most -- it remains one of the most divided and unequal countries in the world. >> this was the moment when south africa's last white leader signaled the end of apartheid. >> i wish to put it plainly, that the government has taken a firm decision to release mr. mandela unconditionally. i'm serious. >> in a speech to parliament, de klerk stunned the world, freeing nelson mandela and expanding civil rights, leading to south africa's first democratic elections. >> i have no doubt in my mind it would have reached the point that the majority of all the people in south africa would have taken hands with the total international community and would have united behind one common goal, and that is to overthrow the regime. we avoided that. >> there's mr. mandela, mr. nelson mandela, a fr

of apartheid. what does it tell about south africa? does he say anything about the fact that the wounds of the past still remained there in your country? i think is very important there. when we look at the level of a single individual who obviously was prior to were in position towards the end of his life to see what should he have prioritized in the closing years of our lives. live prisons were a mom concerned about how to get out of the trip that accommodated least one of us. many people had already lost their lives along the road. we traveled. but there was low. so huge risk that if we didn't manage the transition out of our date, we could also contribute to the death of millions of black white colored indian sections of the population. so that tries, we had to make was to manage the transition, cited that we save as many lives as was possible and save as an opportunity that could make it possible for us to reconstruct request the ag so in society and enable us to join the community of nations in a manner that youth for ever it be a

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for the elderly and, and the immuno compromised what at the moment, what is the rates of vaccination in south africa will say that the region will generally so insights africa overall. we have on these still on there by the 3rd of the adult population, fully vaccinated where we're sitting at over half of the over 50 east which, which is some progress but, but really the rates have slowed down over the past month or so. and that's very disappointing. and then as you say, in terms of the broader region, i think that's where our real concern is that, that the vaccination rates are much lower in many of the other african countries and are concerned with this some across the 80. and is it really does spread as efficiently as it seems to then we're worried about about the impact it could have on the continent. and one really stark statistic this past week was that which even surprised me, was that on there, but one in for of health care workers in africa have been vaccinated so far. and that's really just a profound failure of the global and demik response. so i mean, this said the talk when you burned li

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i just a reminder of our top stories to south south africa. the president has criticized border closures following the discovery of a new strain of the virus describing it is completely unjustified. ceramic also says has been a rise in cove in 1900 cases since on the crone was identified cases and now been found in more than 10 countries and a number have added travel restrictions, all foreigners on our bond from entering israel for 2 weeks. talk us infectious disease official, anthony fancy has been meeting with president joe biden, he told button it will take about 2 weeks to get definitive information on the transmission ability of the, on the card various on a positive, just close in home. do us where people are choosing who will replace the present one, orlando hernandez, his time in office has been played by chronic unemployment, violence and allegations of corruption left his candidates. jamara castro is hoping to ask the governing right wing and national party and become on doris. first female president, her rival is the current mayor o

also the secretary of state has phone south africa, foreign minister to thank for south africa's quick work. busy in terms of identifying the very end and reporting it so quickly, which allowed the rest of the will to start taking measures with a little leeway indeed. also within the united states, the cdc has now passed travel warnings for travel to south africa and its neighbors . this was raised to a level 4, which is a very high rating. now, interestingly enough, on monday, the cdc had dropped south africa travel rating from a 3 to a one. now with reinstated the travel warning up to a very high level, my kind of thank you very much indeed. or south africa for a mystery as responded to the travel band saying it's being treated differently from other countries that have discovered variance says south africa is being punished for it's advanced. do you know mich sequencing and the ability to detect new variance quickly? excellent. science should be applauded and call for collaboration and partnerships in the management of the pandemic, but is from an admin reports from their hands. but

of revenue. the south african currency, the rounds already lost its value. after the announcement of the new variant, the government says south africa has been at the forefront of testing and tracking changes in coven. 19 and sciences have stressed. it's important to see what the data on the new variant will show before making any decisions. and that sentiment trickle down to the general public way. many believe south africa's being treated unfairly. the government is worried, the global reaction has caused unnecessary panic. it says it's begun talks with the european union and the united kingdom on the latest round of travel bands saying other countries didn't receive the same treatment. when you variance were detected elsewhere. for me to mila al jazeera johannesburg. well, dr. martin slash why a day. this is the director of health for the city of st. louis in missouri. she says, travel restrictions like the ones we've seen in recent days, do not work. travel bands, especially when they are performative in this way target a few countries and not others where we already know the variant has already been isolated, like in the u. k a

the dutch government believes several cases are among dozens of travelers who been isolated after arriving from south africa. and south africa's government is complaining about the way it's been treated since alerting the world about the very end. it says country should be applauding instead of punishing it. australia is deploying more soldiers on police to the solomon islands in an effort to restore com. after several days of writing. at least 3 people have died. some estimate say more than 50 buildings in the capital, honey aro, a burned down. dozens of people are under arrest. many say an indefinite overnight curfew, and the presence of foreign troops has helped to quell the violence. what we want to see happen in the solomon islands is for the people of the solomon islands, under the constitution, under their normal processes can resolve any issues they have. it is not for us to be interfering in their democracy. it's not for us to be to fearing and have i resolve those issues. we just simply there as a good family member to try and provide a stable and safe environment for the issues that are there in

we start with growing concerns over the emergence of a new strain of covid-19 in south africa. rld health organization has categorized it as a variant of concern, and lane -- and named it the greek letter of omicron. belgium detected the first case in europe. south africa has announced the measures tak against the country, calling then unjustified. here is a statement from the world health organization. >> the variant is a concern, because it has concerning properties. this buried has a large number of mutations, and some of these mutations have similar characteristics to it right now, there are many studies underway. there is a lot of work going on in south africa, and it could work in terms of stability, severity, and so far, there is little information, but studies are underway, so we need researchers to have a plan to carry those out, and w.h.o. will inform the public and our partners and our member states as soon as we have more information. once a variant is classied, it is important that we have good information around the world, including genomic sequencing, because we w

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and from the united states, you're talking in the month of december, a total of 88 flights into south africave on delta or in and out of south africa on delta, 122 from united, which is going to be beginning service later this week to cape town. so it's very, very small >> we'll see if this does impact domest domestic fears as people get nervous again. we appreciate you joining us nice and early from chicago, phil, thank you. >>> let's talk about this. joining us is one of the first doctors to uncover the new strain, chairperson of the south african medical association and somebody we should all listen to right now. doctor, really appreciate you joining us this morning, an important interview, i hope we have the time. i was publishing stuff from you and your colleagues on twitter yesterday and over the weekend i saw professor kareem saying that current vaccines may actually still be effective against omicron. from your vantage point, what do we know right now, and what might the world, and some world leaders, be getting wrong? >> good morning. and good morning to all of your viewers out ther

of mutations and source and transmission. around three days ago, just as we identified the nu variant in south africa, and the suggestion to haveialists and had a discussion about this nu variant that has emerged in south africa and discussing also which kind of classification should go. what will happen is that 4pm geneva time the world health organisation will convene a media briefing where they will highlight the category they will put on this variant, potentially a variant of concern and then they will decide on the naming of it following the greek alphabet system. how possible is it to say at the moment, professor, in terms of the speed of the spread of this variant in south africa and its transmissibility? the speed of transmission at the moment, there are many ways to calculate that. one of the most effective ways is the reproductive number and people will be aware in the uk and in south africa is around two, relatively very high, especially in one province. every day we have many more infections in previous days. the absolute number yesterday we had around 2,400 and the previous week about 1000. although the numbers do

the other issue, which i think is really interesting when it comes to south africa as far as i understand it, there's no shortage of vaccine supplied south africa. what there is, is a lot of vaccine hesitancy. the same thing we're seeing in central and eastern europe and a lot of that is driven by a lack of trust in the vaccine and in the governments promotion of vaccination. so i think there's something about the messaging ink in countries like like in south africa, about the benefits of vaccination. it may be because vaccinate because levels of invention were quite low. jo, recently the people had become complacent and decided that they didn't need to be vaccinated. well running out of time are we, i do want to give everyone just a quick, 30 seconds to summarize your thoughts, monticello, if i can start with yourself perhaps. so what do you think here is the way forward on the balance here to be struck between and providing a poor countries. little of countries with their back seems lot seen booster campaigns in the west and tackling vaccine as and see what is the way forward here . to end this pandemic. oh, well

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our top stories: more countries beyond africa confirm cases of the new coronavirus variant. as the travel restrictions mount, south africa's president's condemns the moves. the prohibition of travel is not informed by science, nor will it be effective in preventing the spread of this variant. as rebel fighters claim they're advancing on the ethiopian capital, the government releases footage apparently showing the country's prime minister on the front line. panic in peru as a powerful earthquake strikes, leaving hundreds of homes in ruins. no—one on the line and only photos to hold on to. how a kurdish father in northern iraq fears his whole family were among those drowned in the english channel. and the creative director of louis vuitton dies from cancer aged 41. we look at the life and the work of the trailblazer virgil abloh. hello. once very much for being with us. —— thanks. several more countries around the world have detected cases of the new coronavirus variant known as omicron. it's the most heavily mutated version of the virus discovered so far and early evidence suggests that it has a higher risk of re—i

man: there is, of course, a big coal-mining industry in south africa. it is multi-faceted, from mining to transportation of coal tall kinds of services in communities that have built up around the coal-mining towns of south africa. the coal-mining sector has been an extremely successful example of black economic empowerment, and now suddenly they've been told, "no, no, the future is green, the future is not coal." for them, this is a disaster because of their new investments into the coal sector that they see as possibly becoming stranded assets. [crowd chanting indistinctly] man: oh, the challenges that we find ourself into would be the low salaries to our members, and as the union, our role and responsibility is to fight for job security. the mines, some of them are closing because they are saying the export price has dropped and so on, so forth, the coal price has dropped, and so on, so forth. we are of the view that the price has been manipulated. week ago, the president was addressing a watered-back region, that we had mines in that area that can rv

the first confirmed case of the new variant was found on south africa and botswana. suspension of travel by eu countries as well as the u.s. and u.k. affects travelers from there as well as countries in namibia, zimbabwe, lesotho, and former swaziland. our africa correspondent reports. >> a technical university in pretoria, south africa, this afternoon, where the new variant was first properly identified. >> obviously, this is so overwhelming. we are all worried, but the ministry made the decision to suspend gatherings and social activities. >> the impact has been swift with many countries following britain's lead in banning flights from south africa. >> it is absolutely ridiculous, moving so quickly without investigating this new variant. >> the timing for south africa could hardly be worse. it is summer here, and the tourist industry was hoping for a big boost after two richard years of lockdowns and red listings. no wonder south africa's foreign minister has criticized the travel ban, calling it rash, economically damaging, and urging prison to recder -- urging bri

south africa. we may be overestimating his prevalence because of recent cases in south africa. may be the case that south africa is also exhibiting a surge of delta infections. this probably is not that prevalent around the world. i would exercise the same cautions as before. the biggest risk to travelers is that, given the uncertainty around the world and the fact that hundreds are reacting, if you do end up being positive oversees you could find yourself stuck in quarantine. i think countries are behaving with no-frills now and trying to control the spread of this variant and taking drastic measures in surge in cases. host: reuters reporting this morning about how travelers are reacting to restrictions. as countries tighten rules due to omicron fears, they write some would-be travelers are considering canceling or delaying trip plans. a travel agent said monday, threatening an already fragile recovery for the tourism industry. (202) 748-8000, the line to call if you are vaccinated. if you are not vaccinated, (202) 748-8001. we are asking you about your thoughts and concerns o

out. coupled with countries banning flights, airlines have cancelled departure from south africa to the u. k. ahead of the approaching deadline. they've flights to some other western nations including the usaa continuing until monday policy lia has gauged the opinions in south africa, maine international airport. now it's right the going back to sign on this is flows everything. the station to this time is people know very good calling to the find. honda said no on site from cutting off every plane coming from south africa with me yet. it's an immediate effect and then we checked on france and the flight wasn't cancelled. we should have been back to paris yesterday evening and to the west can. so i'm not kidding. 10 minutes before to get in the plane. we met a young girl the know she was 20 and she was promoted from trulia and she was crying. she didn't know where to go. you know? and she had nobody to help her chaos and diety and confusion. following the discovery of a new coven variant called emmy crohn, at his turn, the world upside down. people are rushing to the a port in a pace for the attempt t

of revenue the south african currency. the ryan's already lost its value off to the announcement of the new variant. the government says south africa has been at the forefront of testing and tracking changes in code 19 and sciences history. it is important to see what the data on the new variable show before making any decisions and that sentiment trickle down to the general public way. many believes of africa being treated unfairly. the government is worried, the global reaction has caused unnecessary panic. it says it's begun talks with the european union and the united kingdom on the latest round of travel bands saying other countries didn't receive the same treatment. when you variance would take to elsewhere for me to mila, i'll do 0, johannesburg. ok, let's get more on this for you. joining us here is dr. oscar elaine. he's an epidemiologist and us public health official. he joins us from washington, dc. doctor, good to have you back here now to 0. ah, some countries over reacting to this it's a very difficult decision. and one that i say it's a balance between evidence based decision making and the path implications. so you

course, part of what he's talking about is the issue of south africa being effectively shut off. and other countries in southern africa being shut off from the rest of the world have decided to put in travel bands. lot of that's happening in europe. nave . barker has this report on the situation across the continent from land. the on the con, variance is in europe with every passing hour. more cases are detected with a single largest number of infections found on to flight that arrived here at amsterdam shipple airport on friday from cape town, and johannesburg of the 624 passengers on board. $61.00 tested positive for cove at 19. the more than a dozen half the omicron variant, all and now isolating all the percent 100 percent of the people who return from southern africa will be contacted. we also asked the municipalities to visit 100 percent of the people at home to check whether they are really isolating the on the corn variance now being identified in germany, italy, the u. k. denmark, belgium, chet, republic, and austria with case is likely to be circulating in france accordi

many of which are so far from south africa. so they feel that this targeting of people of afghan descent is deliberate and has been repeated throughout this pandemic and that it might be extending to whenever there's a new variant that's come in that everyone else from the african continue tent is a target, at risk, when they're traveling especially in the west, in north america, in europe, that that's a real fear. which might explain why somebody like me who flew in from east africa is still required to test and getting an email from the health ministry here in france saying, you came from a country where a variant was discovered, when that's just not true. >> yeah. that's shocking. >>> listen, really appreciate your perspective there. larry madowa joining us live from paris. >>> and israel is now barring foreigners from entering the country for two weeks due to fears over the omnicron variant. the move starting sunday night makes israel the first country to completely shut its borders in response to the new variant. israel is

of europe. the dutch government believes several cases are among travellers who have been isolated after arriving from south africa . and south africa's government is complaining about the way it's been treated since alerting the world about their rent. it says countries should be congratulating it's not punishing. not policing. bettina fossil capital of 5 to gas during a demonstration against the president protest to say, raska bori has failed to stop violence by om groups. nicholas hawk has more there is anger in bertina foster. this was supposed to be a peaceful protest in support of security forces and against a president who's been unable to stop a wave of attacks by arm hoops affiliated with iso and arcadia. they shout, we want president cavalry to resign. the government has lost control of border areas, the north and east, forcing millions of people, mostly children and teenagers. to flee a violent, free burkina faso the chat police fire tear gas in response to he needs to step down. this is the end of the resume of rock border. you have lost our truck and attacked by arm groups on a police outpost and in a

state antony blinken praised south africa's scientist for the quick identification of the and south africa's government for its transparency in sharing this information, which should serve as a model for the world. but the africa cdc strongly discourages the flurry of travel bans impacting the continent, saying they don't generally yield a meaningful income throughout the pandemic. cnn spoke to one health leader, who's particularly upset over the travel restrictions targeting africa. here it is. >> why is it that we're not seeing border closures, from people from belgium. why is it that we're not seeing border closures from people from hong kong. why is it that the uk now that has identified the virus, as well, is not being close to promising africa. it is unfair. and unacceptable. the same behavior we saw on vaccine supply, being locked out from africa, is we're seeing the same behavior of african bes be locked out from the world. it is not acceptable and should stop immediately. >> in fact, some experts and officials say instead of being applauded for discovering the new

the man who oversaw the rule of white minority rule in south africa has died at the age of 85. he was the last president of the country under apartheid. you are watching dw news, live from berlin. after a short break, i will be back to take you through the day. stick around. >> welcome to "live from paris," world news and analysis from france 24. lukashenko threatens to turnff the gas pipeline to europe, a threat over the fate of migrants apparent transported to the belarus border. brussels says it is part of a plot to destabilize the eu. president macron shed tears as he paid

of amik. ron were found last night and a traveler from south africa. so there is a high level of suspicion and the person has been isolated at home. we're still waiting for the complete sequencing covered hospitals in germany, already overwhelmed with the f. what was being called in to help transfer cobit patients so far to military jets have been set aside to assist. we spoke to a disease specialist there. he believes the new strain means all options are on the table. when you buy this new barrier and spreads quickly on the vaccines, we have now stopped working there worried about situation. people who already are not clay, it may not be protected. we have to wait and see if that worst case scenario becomes the case. maybe we'll be lucky on the vaccines. we'll also work against this mutation at the moment. we don't know enough about it. there isn't a p c r t s for yet, but we have to be cautious. it saw that the virus is changing all the time on several mutations have occurred. the virus is a multiplying a few 1000 times a day. errors occur in the repl

flights and rapid pci. skyrocketing kim kirk, who is the founder and need volunteer of community circle home, south africa ads for the last year. been hoping, traveling in an south africa, navigate the regulation. she's been inundated with calls apart from people running out of money. yeah. funds that they had that they had thought that was going to cost them to be here. medical aids usually only cover you for certain amount of time abroad. travel cover only covers you a certain amount of time that's going to run out. people have to get back to jobs. schools are going to open soon, and the people trying to get the children home. the sense of loss is going to be felt because people are feeling like they are really trapped. and they're becoming more and more frustrated and see more and more tis what i'm hoping is that governments can put measures in place that not just citizens, but family of citizens. if you can show just show proof of some ty to that country, that those people will be allowed entry. even if it means extra p c r testing. or it means a little bit of quarantine with retesting in that country

doing around sequencing to them sequencing and also just tracing cobra. 1900 changes and instead of south africa being punished, we had dec christa's in there from south africa's precedent on travel bands. and passengers arriving to you k from all 10 of these southern african nations need to quarantine as of sunday. that's the same for people from 6 of these countries entering japan. and from monday, the u. s. is banning travelers from 8 of them except for american citizens. as a nation to going further, america is halting. all incoming ad traveled from around the world. the next 2 weeks from monday and that fall as a similar decision by israel, a ban on all foreign travellers has just come into effect there to last the next 2 weeks. i forced reports from occupied east jerusalem. getting in while the getting was good. sunday was the final day of relatively unrestricted arrivals at israel's main airport. you rules me no foreigners save those with special exemptions will be allowed into the country in the world's harshest response to the army. chrome variant is res. returning home, we'll have to q

now there is concern in the netherlands of the dolphins of passengers from 2 flights from south africa tested positive. let's bring in stuff a vast than from amsterdam step. i believe, of 61 passengers from south africa that of tested positive for cove at 19. what more can you tell us? yes, so real concern here in the netherlands as well. the 2 planes arrive on friday after the flight band was announced. they were basically still in the air when that happens. so after they landed, they were all kept at the thomas for hours, then old test to $600.00 of them. and $61.00 has now found to positive said they're all in isolation here at the airport. the ship, whole, the artist would negative, could go home. and this is the 1st time really that the netherlands has taken such a stringent measures after planes arriving from countries that are suspected of having serious issues with cove it. and it's very, and of course, it's only now be known. we have won a known case in belgium, which is of course, a neighboring country here. and now in the last few hours, germany said they also have probable

migration and very much the eating here in south africa for the last few days following the tribal ban, have been that south africa has actually left. and instead of being a tutor being put on parent has be punished in the statement that the foreign ministry in which it said that the trouble band that were imposed on the caps essentially mean that we advanced to non genomic sequencing. and the ability to depict new syrian healing south africa has, has, has been punished at the same time, be foreign ministry thing that new variance, and other countries that have no link with south africa hasn't seen the kind of reaction imposed on those countries by the international community, as people have been on the people to have much fearing that this is double standard . and the reason is that in segments will be by the will help organization in which they have that to target only amount to what they call global insecurity. this is from one of the experts here in south africa. rhonda, i hope that's being being honest and nothing about that. you're not getting that. can you get back with me on this and i'll follow up or does it close? and if people are suffe

of the former south african president f. w to clerk from the miller joins live now from job for me to one of the key political figures, not just in south africa, but for black people as well around the world. well, that is also debatable. i think for many south africans around the role that f w declares flayed in terms of that transition to democracy in south africa coming from an apart part. so of course, celebrated along with people like nelson mandela in terms of that transition and, and that he was the president in 1990 to 1989 to say that political parties would be allowed to operate the embedding of political parties. and then the freeing of nelson mandela, he announced that in 1990, he was then part of a government of national unity of the 994, serving as the president of nelson mandela. but they are also many self africans who believe that he was nothing more than an apartheid criminal. he's, he's seen, government goes back to 978 when he was a cabinet member of the apartheid government. and many say he also has to on support the atrocities that took place under a part date. and that transitional government from 1994 onwards was reall

south africa. my sister lives in south africa and, and i've not seen her in close to 2 years since of covered and my daughter and i was trying to south africa to find any be with her and her family. i think it's important what the u. s. is doing and around the world to be cautious, specially not knowing what the new variant is doing, but it's also on the same point, very frustrating and upsetting for what it's doing to people around the world and not been able to see their families. now what's important to note is that we're coming up to the tourism month here in south africa, the month of december. and for the last 2 years, because of cove, it, this industry has the kind shop the talking to people here. they say that this is not going to be the end of the south african truism that wins so much money in you have a problem here in south africa where there are millions of people who have not been vaccinated and who refused to be vaccinated for certainly the international community is the course of that. at the same time, the scientists in south africa has come out to say that this, this new variant ha

or is there still some kind of a tussle over the role he has played in south africa's history? unfortunately, his last actions will for an extent and absorb that very important part of contribution of his life towards the democratization of south africa. because the federal making the ro mistakes one doesn't really know what it was age, all he really meant it, but to he's lusts and utterances, but to claim public utterances will, to an extent and you know, overshadow is very important contribution by the way. because a number of his sums or phaser picked officials failed to do what did, what did it, he was indeed very brave. i missed air backlash from his own people to a, to, to, to go ahead and engage in political transformation. so we'll have to wait and hear what those are gonna have to say to next coming days. but, and suffice to say that there will be mixed reactions from south africa community or the, the willing deeds and sundays. if i could a great to get your views. thank you so much for joining us on the l to see when user so to come here on al jazeera. so lanka is in

of revenue. the south african currency, the ryans already lost its value. after the announcement of the new variant, the government says south africa has been at the forefront of testing and tracking changes in coven, 19, and sciences. have stressed, it's important to see what the data on the new variant will show before making any decisions. and that sentiment trickle down to the general public way. many believe south africa's been treated unfairly. the government is worried, the global reaction has caused unnecessary panic. it says it's begun talks with the european union and the united kingdom on the latest round of travel bands saying other countries didn't receive the same treatment. when you variance would take to elsewhere. for me to mila, i'll to 0 johannesburg. dr. oscar elaine is an epidemiologists and us public health official. he told us earlier, he understands south africa's position, but governments are right to act on what they know about the new variant. you have a variant which has about 30 mutations on the spite protein. so that alone is alarming. or there's concerned because of not much information about it, abou

no one wanted to hear the discovery of a new covey, very and called ami krohn. first identified in south africa, has hit world stock markets as concerns grow about a new global threats. the world health organization has labeled it a variance of concern based upon the information that we have, particularly from south africa. and they have advised w h o that this variance should be classified as a variant of concern. so today we are noticing b 11529 is the variance of concern named on the crime, the w h o cautioned against hasty counter measures for now, but many governments chose instead to act fast. early indications show this buried may be more transmissible than the delta varied, and current vaccines may be less effective. again. it may also impact the effectiveness of one of our major treatments. one of the u. k. his lead by restricting travel from 6 southern african countries with the emerging old member states to follow suit. cases of a new variance have been confirmed in a growing list of countries, including hong kong, israel and belgium. it is now important that all of us in europe act

of control. andrew harding, bbc news, south africa. itton�*s menswear collection — has died at the age of a1, in the united states. a statement from his family described him as a fiercely devoted father, husband, son, brother, and friend. it added that he chose to endure his battle with cancer privately, since his diagnosis two years ago. weather forecasters in the uk are warning it could be the coldest night of the season so far — with temperatures dropping to as low as minus ten degrees in some areas. in eastern scotland and the east of england weather warnings remain in place following storm arwen — and tens of thousands of homes are still without power. alexandra mackenzie reports. storm arwen brought winds of over 90 mph. the damage caused was extensive. scottish power said it was the worst in many years — like here in lockerbie. trees were blown onto power lines. in the town of kintore in aberdeenshire, people are doing what they can to stay warm and fed. but they don't know when their electricity will be restored. we've had no po

of it quickly. birds south africa if you bureau chief joining us now from johannesburg. s your sense of how prevalent the virus is at this point? reporter: scientists who identified the variant thursday in south africa say it is fast becoming the dominant variant among new infections in south africa. still, they are exercising caution and advising south africans not to panic. that is as researchers try to determine whether this variant is more lethal than the previous strains, and just how it will respond to vaccines. but of course, there are fears of new outbreaks into several countries. efforts to reopen economies and borders will become more complicated, and that is really what is playing out in global markets this morning, as well as slight bands that have been imposed on south africa and some of its neighbors -- like bands -- flight bans that have been imposed on south africa and some of its neighbors. at last count, about 35% of south africa's population has been fully vaccinated. messaging from the government is coming out very strongly to say please do go and get

south africa. my sister lived in south africa, and i've not seen her in close to 2 years since of colbert and my daughter, and i was trying to south africa now to find any be with her and her family. i think it's important what the us is doing and around the world to be cautious, specially not knowing what the new variant is doing. but it's also the same point, very frustrating and upsetting for what it's doing to people around the world and not been able to see their families. now what's important to notice is coming up to the tourism month here in south africa, the month of december. and for the last 2 years, because of close it, this industry has kind sharpie talking to people here. they say that this is not going to be in the south african tourism. that's when so much money in last night sunday, the countries president on the pose that gave the state of the nation of grace, which he criticized be international community for making such a quick decision without enough research, international community to reconsider option. but i think speaking to people who believe that this is a case of double standa

south africa. {iii foreign tourism to south africa. oftourism industry and they are devastated because we put in place a recovery plan and we were hoping we were well ahead with the plan to make sure that by the time we get to the holiday season we are able to take in as much as we can. they have suffered, billions of money lost in the lockdown and they were looking forward to get the tories coming in and right out of the blue with all the work we have been doing we find ourselves on this list — the tourists. we would like to engage the british scientists who have come to this determination about us to see if we cannot come to some kind of resolution of the matter. �* , , ., ., matter. but this is unilateral in terms of imposing _ matter. but this is unilateral in terms of imposing it, - matter. but this is unilateral in terms of imposing it, but - matter. but this is unilateral in terms of imposing it, but it - matter. but this is unilateral in terms of imposing it, but it is i matter. but this is unilateral in| terms of imposing it, but

south africa. they are at the moment about 19 cases of the new variant in neighboring botswana. and those samples were sent to south africa. and that's also how this variant wires are identified. and the president had also gone on to talk about what a good job local sciences were doing in terms of the sequencing of genomes, as well as watching out for changes in mutations and the coven, 19 virus. and instead of being applauded for that, south africa is being punished. and this will just really worse than the economic situation in a country that's already had months of locked down where the south african ran. the currency has lost a significant amount of value and with thousands of jobs have been lost. and so this type of reaction, they're calling knee jerk reaction. they say is just unjustified unwarranted and simply unfair. what else do you have to say about the, the, the cases, the effect this is having on numbers of cases there. so, rama was, i had noted that about the that the cases had risen by about 9 percent in the last 2 weeks. or so perhaps an average of 500 cases a day,

and 35.6% of adults in south africa are fully vaccinated against covid—19. years and older are fully vaccinated. and 53% of people aged between 50 and 60 are also fully vaccinated. while this is welcome progress, it is not enough to enable us to reduce infections, to prevent illness and also to prevent death. and to restore our economy. vaccination against covid—19 is free, as we know. tonight, i would like to call in every person who has not been vaccinated to go to their nearest vaccination station without delay. if there is someone in your family or among your friends who is not vaccinated, i call on you to encourage them to get vaccinated. we still have too many people who are expressing doubt and who are resisting to be vaccinated. this is the time for us to go and get vaccinated. vaccination is by far the most important way to protect yourself and those around you against the omicron variant. to reduce the impact of the fourth wave and to help restore the social freedoms we all yearn for. vaccination is also vital to the return of our economy to full o