Biden Administration Spent $1.5 Million To Build 'COVID-19 Isolation Clinics Across Botswana' In April

The Biden administration funded "COVID-19 isolation clinics" in Botswana through the Department of Defense, with the sites surveyed in March of this year.

According to a press release published by the U.S. Embassy to Botswana, the United States spent $1,521,956 worth of local currency to build "14 modular structures" that can fit over 100 patients.

On the US Africa Command's Flickr account, the facilities are described as "COVID-19 isolation clinics" that were built "Across Botswana."

Botswana was cast in the international spotlight after the emergence of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19, which saw four people in the landlocked African nation diagnosed with the virus.

The Botswana government reported that those who were diagnosed with the Omicron variant were previously "Fully vaccinated" against COVID-19, leading some to label the emerging variant that has experts alarmed "The Vaccinated Variant."

According to the Botswana government, those diagnosed with the Omicron variant were diplomatic travelers, and those they encountered during their stay in Botswana have been subject to contact tracing.

The exact use case of these facilities remains unknown, though it seems plausible the facilities may be similar to the COVID-19 quarantine facilities described by the CDC last year.

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