THE UK High Commission in Pretoria has met with the South African Department of Health and local scientific and health experts to discuss the country’s continued presence on the UK’s travel ‘red list’.
Under the UK’s travel rules, travellers who have been in a country or territory on the red list in the last 10 days will only be allowed to enter the UK if they are British or Irish nationals or have residence rights in the UK.
Bloomberg reported that South Africa has reacted in fury about its continued inclusion on the red list, which bars foreigners outright and forces British citizens to undergo hotel quarantine on arrival at a cost of as much as R46,000. The UK also won’t recognize visitors as vaccinated unless they received doses in a select group of countries, regardless of which shot they were given.
Being included on the red list has placed a significant burden
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