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Eswatini Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini, who tested positive for Covid-19, has died, the government announced. He is believed to be the first world leader to die from the virus.
Dlamini, 52, who had been prime minister since 2018, announced in November that he had tested positive for the virus and was being treated at a hospital in neighboring South Africa.
The Eswatini government announced The death of Dlamini on Twitter.
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The prime minister of Eswatini, who tested positive for Covid-19, dies.
Eswatini, a small mountainous kingdom northeast of South Africa, has recorded nearly 7,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 127 deaths.
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South Africa is experiencing a resurgence of Covid-19 and President Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to address the nation on Monday night about the country’s response to the new wave of the disease.
South Africa recorded 7,999 new infections and 170 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing its total number of cases to 860,964.
The country has already imposed stricter restrictions on the Nelson Mandela Bay metropolitan area in the Eastern Cape province, which has been identified as a virus outbreak. These restrictions include limited hours for the sale of alcohol and a nightly curfew.
The four Western Cape provinces, Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal and Gauteng have been identified as key drivers of new infections. There is concern that new infections will increase dramatically during the upcoming holiday season, as South Africans traditionally travel to visit their families.
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