Tourists rush to S.Africa airport after travel bansA flurry of nations announced travel bans to South Africa after the discovery of a new coronavirus variantJOHANNESBURG - Anxious-looking travellers thronged Johannesburg international airport and stood in long queues on Friday, desperate to squeeze onto the last flights to countries that had just shut their doors to South Africa. "South Africa found it but it's probably all over the world already," he told AFP. - 'Tired of this' -At the airport, red "cancelled" signs flashed next to London-bound flights listed on the departures board. Among them were UK citizen Ruth Brown, 25, who lives in South Africa and had planned to return home for the first time since 2019 next week. She had travelled to South Africa with her partner to adopt the child and was desperate to get back to their home in Austria.

Source: Bangkok Post November 27, 2021 03:18 UTC