1 Business Insider SA England bans flights from South Africa, as well as SA visitors, from today due to new Covid variant. On Dec 24, 2020, the UK's Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced an immediate travel ban on all flights to South Africa after the detection of SARS-CoV-2 beta variant by South African scientists.The resulting travel restriction was lifted 291 days later. On Nov 25, 2021, South African scientists reported a new SARS-CoV-2 variant, B.1.1.529, that was subsequently designated omicron. 5 UK GovernmentForeign travel advice: South Africa. 1 day after the UK's travel red-listing of South Africa occurred, the Federated Hospitality Association of Southern Africa and the Southern Africa Tourism Services Association did a survey of association members serving international markets.

Source: The Times December 03, 2021 23:54 UTC