SOUTH Africa faces more travel restrictions than any other country in the world. Travel to approximately 120 countries is either completely prohibited or strictly limited to emergency exemptions in line with the global Covid-19 pandemic.
As the world continues to grapple with Covid-19 containment measures amid fears of a resurgence, international travel remains severely restricted.
The latest data provided by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which tracks global travel regulations in real-time, shows that while some countries are easing border closures, travellers from South Africa still face fierce sanctions.
Secondary travel bans – defined as reinstated border closures announced after the global waning of the first wave of Covid-19 infections – gathered swift momentum in December. This coincided with the emergence of new Covid-19 variants, such as 501Y.V2 which was first detected in the Eastern Cape.
The discovery of 501Y.V2 – which is considered more transmissible than the
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