Georgian and foreign citizens travelling from eight countries, including South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini (Swaziland), Mozambique and Malawi, will need to quarantine for 14 days following the emergence of Covid-19 variant in South Africa
Oil prices plunged more than 10% on Friday night (Nov 26), the largest one-day drop since April 2020, as a new Covid-19 variant spooked investors and added to concerns that a supply surplus could swell in the first quarter.
covid-19 cases on friday, the highest daily figure for the city since the pandemic began. that from the city s mayor who says the delta variant, first identified in india, is responsible for nearly 90% of new infections. translator: the situation in moscow with the spread of covid-19 disease is rapidly deteriorating and the dynamics are quite unexpected since more than 60% have either been ill or vaccinated. reporter: the kremlin says vaccinations are critical to protect against the variant spread but many russians are still hesitant to get the sputnik vaccine. we are afraid of getting sick, but we do not get vaccinated because we are also afraid of that. reporter: the w.h.o. says moscow is just one of several places where the delta variant is thriving. and with so many people across the world still unvaccinated, there s plenty of opportunity for it to circulate even more. the delta variant is well on
national infeshz disease say tokyo could see 10,000 new covid-19 if allowed to have spectators. over the weekend tokyo s governor announced all live viewing events will be canceled, which followed criticism by the public with a petition signed by 10,000 people calling for events like this to be canceled. instead, the planned six locations in tokyo will be used as vaccination sites. while vaccination rate in japan is speeding up, it s still only about 7% of the population has been fully vaccinated. by the time the games are set to begin, the number of fully vaccinated people isn t going to be a whole lot higher. still a lot of questions and concerns regarding the health and safety from the japanese population. yeah, there certainly is. thanks for that. thanks for that update, blake essig in tokyo. coming up on cnn, america s gun violence epidemic is nearing an alarming milestone. the latest on another weekend