SouthAfrica's healthdepartmentsaidlastweekthat a newgeneticmutationofCovid-19 hadbeenfoundinthecountry, andmayberesponsiblefor a recentsurgeininfections.
SwitzerlandhasorderedpeoplewhohaveenteredthecountryfromSouthAfricaortheUKsinceDecember 14 toundergo a 10 dayquarantineandimposed a generalentrybanforforeignnationalsfromthosecountries.