{"id":107756,"date":"2021-01-08T00:22:45","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T00:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=107756"},"modified":"2021-01-08T00:22:45","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T00:22:45","slug":"uk-extends-england-entry-ban-to-travellers-from-11-african-countries-for-covid-variant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/uk-extends-england-entry-ban-to-travellers-from-11-african-countries-for-covid-variant\/","title":{"rendered":"UK extends England entry ban to travellers from 11 African countries for COVID variant"},"content":{"rendered":"<figcaption>FILE PHOTO: Passengers sit beneath a testing centre sign in the terminal building of Manchester Airport amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manchester, Britain, December 3, 2020. REUTERS\/Phil Noble\/File Photo<\/figcaption><p>(Reuters) &#8211; The United Kingdom said on Thursday it would extend a ban on travellers entering England to southern African countries in a measure to prevent the spread of a new COVID-19 variant identified in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The restriction will take effect on Saturday and remain in place for two weeks, the government said in a statement bit.ly\/3pTvmsk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEntry into England will be banned to those who have travelled from or through any southern African country in the last 10 days, including Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Eswatini, Zambia, Malawi, Lesotho, Mozambique and Angola \u2013 as well as Seychelles and Mauritius,\u201d the country\u2019s Department for Transport said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, it said, \u201cIsrael (and Jerusalem) would be removed from the list of travel corridors for England and people arriving from Jan. 9 from Botswana, Israel (and Jerusalem), Mauritius or Seychelles would need to self-isolate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UK had previously said it had temporarily banned entry of passengers to England arriving from South Africa from Dec. 24, excluding British and Irish Nationals, visa holders and permanent residents, who will be able to enter but are required to self-isolate for 10 days. bit.ly\/3bjC1IA<\/p>\n<p>Britain has been among the countries worst-hit by COVID-19, and its economy suffered the sharpest contraction of any in the Group of Seven during the first wave of infections last spring.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-uk-travel\/uk-extends-england-entry-ban-to-travellers-from-11-african-countries-for-covid-variant-idUSKBN29C2W4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE PHOTO: Passengers sit beneath a testing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":107755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23054],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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