Beijing’s laws have resulted in China’s containment of the virus and enabled a return to normality so perhaps the recent control measures like alcohol ban, night curfews, schools closure and regional lockdowns in Botswana are laying the foundation for a strong containment. In the end of 2020, before the Alpha and now Delta variants hit the country, statistics revealed that Bptswana had the potential of winning the crisis with just 42 deaths. The country had registered fewer deaths and by then it had began securing vaccines. Botswana made an upfront payment to COVAX late last year to secure vaccine doses under a two-dose regime.
Fast forward to now, COVID-19 infection rates have risen significantly and Botswana has registered 1.485 deaths. President Mokgweetsi Masisi is confident that all will be well, as he had managed to secure enough vaccines for every adult population in Botswana. Masisi in an address earlier this month said government plans to have vaccinated every eligible Motswana by the end of 2022. As of July 23, 2021, 209, 890 people had received their first dose of vaccine while 121, 518 have been fully vaccinated. With an estimated total eligible population of 1.53 million, Botswana has already started first doses for people aged 45-54.
