Researchers from Botswana as well as South Africa, who separately discovered the COVID-19 variant of the omicron were awarded the award for 2022. German Africa Award. The virologist Sikhulile Moyo from Botswana and South African bioinformatics researcher Tulio de Oliveira have been awarded the German Africa prize for their work in identifying the COVID-19 variant of omicron. Through their studies and notifying the variant through the World Health Organization (WHO) They "contributed substantially to greater understanding of the nature of the pandemic as well as the rapid response from the world in response," an independent jury for the prize concluded.…