SA Allegedly to Be Removed From UK Red List According to British Media
- South Africa might be removed from the UK's Covid 19 red list according to British media agencies
- Boris Johnson is planning on taking South Africa and other countries off the red list ahead of the UK's half-term break
- South Africa is losing R26 million a day while it remains on the UK's red list
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Johannesburg - The United Kingdom has a strict list of countries that are deemed as Covid 19 hotspots and travellers from those countries have to be UK citizens or residents in order to return to the UK.
Upon return, travellers have to quarantine at a designated hotel for 10 days at their own cost.
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However, there is light at the end of the tunnel and according to reports from UK news agencies, the dreaded red list is soon to be abolished.
Recent changes to the UK's Covid 19 programme removed countries from the amber list, however, South Africa remained on the red list.
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According to the Sunday Telegraph, Boris Johnson is set to remove countries from the red list in time for the UK's half-term break at the end of October.
South Africa, Brazil and Mexico are expected to be exempt from the harsh quarantine rules according to News24.
The UK is South Africa's largest source of tourism and the beleaguered industry desperately needs the business. An estimated R26 million is lost every day South Africa remains on the red list.
'Julius is high': Mzansi weighs in on Malema's idea to put the UK on SA's red list
Earlier, Briefly News reported that the Economic Freedom Fighter's Commander in Chief Julius Malema says instead of the South African government striving to get of the United Kingdom's red list, the South African government should rather impose travel restrictions on the UK.
While addressing reporters on Monday, Malema stated that the UK was allowed to put whichever country it wished on its red list.
Malema went on to say South Africa should refuse to be treated like colonial subjects and treat the UK as an equal. He went on to say that the country should be able to impose the same restrictions as the UK because the countries are equals now.
Source: Briefly News
