This announcement was made by the UK secretary of state for transport Grant Shapps on Thursday. According to Shapps, only seven countries remain on their red list and their citizens travelling to the UK would still be required to undergo a mandatory quarantine period.
This scientist, according to international relations minister Naledi Pandor, was telling UK scientists that they disagreed with the data from SA on its fight against Covid-19. This prompted a meeting between the ministerial advisory committee and UK where correct data was shared.
Keeping SA on the red list was costly for those travelling to the UK as they had to spend days in quarantine on their arrival, said to cost on average almost R50,000.
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