President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana has now gone into self-isolation after a few members of his staff were diagnosed with COVID-19.
A recent development after returning from a trip to Namibia according to a statement by the Presidency. He had gone to discuss the border measures in place to curb the spread of coronavirus within the region.
A statement released in a communique read in part that:
“The rationale for the imposition of self-isolation is that while Namibia has registered three imported cases and is considered low risk for SARS-CoV-2 transmission at the time of His Excellency the President’s trip to Namibia, the low testing rates in the region make that determination difficult and there is a high possibility of undetermined local transmission,” the statement said.
He was initially booked to take part in regional talks with Mozambique but will now be replaced by his vice on Wednesday and he will also attend the summit on Thursday.
