Amid speculation that SA and its neighbours will be removed of the UK travel red list, various sectors in SA have urged the government to not impose harsher restrictions
The UK’s travel red list, which has left SA’s tourism industry facing a bleak holiday season and has damaged relations between the two countries, could be scrapped as early as this week as the worldwide spread of the Omicron variant renders selective bans increasingly pointless.
Leading publications including Bloomberg and British newspapers such as the Daily Mail, The Telegraph and the Guardian reported that a decision could come as soon as this week, as UK transport minister Grant Shapps proposed that travellers returning to the country be subject to Covid-19 tests, even if fully vaccinated.
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