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SA and 10 other African countries have been removed from the British government’s Covid-19 red list after it was slammed as “travel apartheid” by a number of leaders.
UK health secretary Sajid Javid made the announcement on Tuesday, saying community transmission of the Omicron variant in the UK means “the travel red list is now less effective in slowing the incursion of Omicron from abroad”...A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as articles from our international business news partners; ProfileData financial data; and digital access to the Sunday Times and Sunday Times Daily.
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