South Africa’s tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu has expressed her “disappointment” about the UK’s decision to put the country back on the red list.
The government announced on Thursday that six countries, including South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Botswana, would go back on the red list, due to concerns about a new Covid-19 variant identified in the region.
The move to place travel restrictions on the region has now been followed by the European Union, Israel and Japan.
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