'Given that Omicron is clearly everywhere in the UK now, the ongoing punishment of SA in terms of red list travel restrictions seems pointless and particularly unfair,' Morgan said.
“Omicron is spreading like wildfire and we don’t yet know how well vaccines will hold up to it. Please take it very seriously,” he said.Last week he expressed dismay that the new Covid-19 variant was called the “SA variant” by international media houses.
“Omicron is not a ‘SA variant’. It’s a variant spotted and reported by brilliant SA scientists so fast the world has a chance to get on top of it. Could have originated anywhere,” said Morgan. Omicron is not a 'South African variant', it's a variant that was spotted & reported by brilliant South African scientists so fast the world has a chance to get on top of it. Could have originated anywhere.Speaking during his recent state visit to Ghana, President Cyril Ramaphosa criticised the bans imposed by the UK and other countries, including some African nations, as hypocritical, harsh and not supported by science.
“It is an Afrikaans language term used by our former oppressors to scare the white population about the perceived threat of black majority rule, and to keep themselves in power,”
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