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Botswana's Capital Back in Lockdown After COVID-19 Cases Double

Mqondisi Dube

   GABORONE - Botswana has put its capital, Gaborone, back into a two-week
   lockdown starting Friday, closing schools and restricting movements,
   after confirmed local COVID-19 transmissions doubled this week.

   Botswana's health minister, Dr. Lemogang Kwape, said a return to
   lockdown was needed after the capital saw what he called a "worrying
   rise" in local cases of COVID-19.

   "I now regret to inform you that the situation has worsened in the last
   24 hours," he said. "Botswana has recorded 30 new positive cases of
   COVID-19, with the majority of the cases emanating from schools in the
   greater Gaborone."

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