Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency reporters in Africa reported that in recent days, the COVID-19 in southern Africa has rebounded. Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and other countries have issued warnings calling on people to strengthen vaccination to cope with the resurgence of the epidemic. Data from the African Center for Disease Control and prevention showed that as of the evening of the 12th, there had been 11526934 confirmed cases and 252485 deaths in Africa. Salam, head of emergency response of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, said at an online conference held in Brazzaville, the capital of Congo (Brazzaville) on the 12th that affected by the new subtype of the new coronavirus variant Omicron strain and the relaxation of prevention and control measures in many African countries, the epidemic situation in southern Africa has rebounded recently. All countries should remain vigilant and strengthen vaccination, novel coronavirus detection, tracking and monitoring of close contacts, To cope with a possible new wave of epidemic. The WHO Regional Office for Africa issued a communiqu é on the 12th, saying that in the week ending May 8, there were about 46000 new confirmed cases in southern Africa, an increase of 32% over the previous week. Among them, affected by the new subtype of Omicron virus, the number of new infections in South Africa in a single week has tripled in the past three weeks. Namibia and Eswatini also saw a rebound in the number of new infections per week. "A worrying situation is that we still observe that a large proportion of unvaccinated people are infected, hospitalized and even need intensive care," Namibia's Ministry of health and social services said in a statement on the 11th In the face of the resurgence of the epidemic, many African countries continue to call on people to strengthen vaccination to curb the spread of the epidemic. Botswana's Ministry of health officials warned on the 10th that people who have not yet been vaccinated with the new crown vaccine are at a higher risk of developing severe disease after infection, and encouraged people to follow the doctor's advice to receive booster injections after two doses of the new crown vaccine. The Zambian Ministry of health will launch a 10 day nationwide vaccination campaign to improve the vaccination rate from the 14th, lakson kasonka, Permanent Secretary of the Zambian Ministry of health, said on the 12th. John kengsson, director of the African Center for Disease Control and prevention, said on the 12th that in the future, it is possible to control the epidemic only by ensuring that at least 70% of the population in Africa is fully vaccinated. "Africa will encounter repeated epidemics this year and next. We need to continue our efforts to prevent and control the new coronavirus until the novel coronavirus is completely under control." (Xinhua News Agency)