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The Guardian is reporting South Africa is going back on the red list due to the new Covid variant discovered there:
South Africa to be put on England’s travel red list over new Covid variant
Flights from six countries will be banned as officials review travel measures after scientists voice concern over variant
www.theguardian.com
South Africa will be placed under England’s red list travel restrictions after scientists raised the alarm over what is thought to be the worst Covid-19 variant ever identified.
Hundreds of people who have recently returned from South Africa, where the B.1.1.529 variant was detected, are expected to be tracked down and offered tests in an effort to avoid the introduction of the new strain, which it is feared to be more transmissible and has the potential to evade immunity.
Whitehall sources said the variant posed “a potentially significant threat to the vaccine programme which we have to protect at all costs”.