Mozambique, with 30 million people, has imposed a curfew to battle a surge driven by the variant dominant in South Africa, and doesn’t have any vaccines either. Neither do the nearby Comoros islands for its population of 850,000. The largest country in the region, South Africa, with 60 million people, has reported more than 1.47 million cases, including over 46,800 deaths.

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A fresh Covid 19 cluster linked to the airport hotel in the capital of Victoria state reached 13 cases as of Thursday midnight.All of those infections were linked to the highly contagious UK variant.The lockdown will bar spectators from the Australian Open, which has been allowing up to 30,000 fans in every day, although the government has said tournament itself will continue.Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews announced the lockdown for the state, calling it a “short, sharp circuit breaker” banning public gatherings, home auctions, weddings and religious gatherings.””We must assume that there are further cases in the community than we have positive results for, and that it is moving at a velocity that has not been seen anywhere in our country over the course of these last 12 months,” Mr Andrews told reporters.Mr Andrews said the “hyper infectious” UK strain was appearing in a manner that “is a very significant concern to us”.Asked about the Australian Open, which runs until February 21, the premier said the Grand Slam tournament, one the biggest events in the country’s sports calendar, was considered a workplace, subject to lockdown restrictions.”There are no fans. There are no crowds. These people are essentially at their workplace,” he said.”The minimum number of staff for it to be run safely not just for the virus but other reasons will be there.”The event had been dogged by earlier complaints from some international players who were forced to spend critical preparation time in quarantine.All states and territories, except New South Wales which includes Sydney and is the nation’s most populous state closed their borders to Victoria on Friday citing the high risk of transmission.The head of Australia’s business lobby group expressed frustration at the fresh lockdown, calling it a “bitter disappointment for the whole community”.”This is the second lockdown caused by Victoria’s hotel quarantine system, it must not be as long and destructive as the last,” Business Council Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott said.”We must get hotel quarantine working properly.”More broadly, Australia has been among the world’s most successful countries in handling the pandemic, largely because of decisive lockdowns and borders sealed to all but a trickle of travellers.The nation has recorded some 22,200 community cases and 909 deaths.Read MoreUK coronavirus LIVE: Summer holidays ‘uncertainty’ as 60% of Covid deaths involve disabled peopleAustralian Open players forced into isolation after quarantine hotel worker tests positive for CovidMelbourne woman broke lockdown curfew to drive 75km for kebabHow are you most likely to catch Covid? New research says the risk of surface transmission is low.