In a post on Twitter, she said: "The Commission will propose, in close coordination with Member States, to activate the emergency brake to stop air travel from the southern African region due to the variant of concern B.1.1.529."
"Our immediate concern is the damage that this decision will cause to both the tourism industries and businesses of both countries," Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said in a statement. Defending a ban on flights from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Eswatini, transport minister Grant Shapps said that the lesson of Covid was that early action was essential.
Anyone who has arrived from the country in the last ten days will be invited to come forward and take a test by the UK Health Security Agency. One senior scientist said: "One of our major worries is this virus spike protein is so dramatically different to the virus spike that was in the original Wuhan strain, and therefore in our vaccines, that it has a great cause of concern."
The variant could eventually be given the moniker "Nu" - with the most concerning variants given named after the Greek alphabet.
Dr Mike Ryan of WHO said something different yesterday ffs!
Be concerned about this AHA study. Be very concerned indeed. Are the American Heart Association 'anti-vaxxers' now? It's your funeral, dude.
Be grand delta will kick its arse 😝
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Big Pharma stooge speaks. Irish media bows down and begins a low humming chant.
We can't even open fully with 95% vaccination and the Delta variant. This new variant evades vaccine protection and is more transmissible than Delta. We are headed for perpetual lockdown unless there's a radical and brave change in our strategy.
So our HSE will 'WAIT' while othe EU Countries have closed entry from South Africa ? WHY ?
Paul Reid the maskless socialite?
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