Performers danced in arrivals area, jets of water sprayed onto plane to welcome first flight in more than six months. International flights have landed in South Africa for the first time in more than six months, touching down amid a flurry of celebrations as coronavirus-linked travel restrictions lifted. German carrier Lufthansa was the first European airline to resume operations into South Africa, with a flight from Frankfurt landing at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo international airport at 8:30am local time (06:30 GMT). COVID-19 infections and deaths south of the Sahara have remained low compared with the rest of the world. South Africa has been relatively hard-hit, with 674,339 infections and 16,734 deaths recorded to date – just less than half the total number of cases detected on the continent.

Source: Ethiopian News October 01, 2020 17:07 UTC