Covid: Unvaccinated banned from pubs and non-essential shops in Germany

In South Africa, cases of the new omicron variant of Covid-19 are continuing to surge, as the world waits to see how seriously it should take this new development.

But even as scientists gather the data on Omicron, the German government has announced that it will bar unvaccinated people from non-essential shops and recreational venues, as it battles a surge in cases being caused right now by the Delta variant of the virus.