Soweto, South Africa (Reuters) – A street vendor looks at his cell phone in Soweto, South Africa, on the 26th (local time) after the UK bans flights from South Africa. 2021.11.26 photo@yna.co.kr
(Johannesburg = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Seong-jin = South Africa protested on the 26th (local time) that it was “impatient” to temporarily ban flights from South Africa in the UK and other countries in relation to the emergence of a new mutation of COVID-19.
South Africa’s Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation in a statement on the same day asserted that the UK’s response to the detection of the new mutation ‘B. .
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor said: “Our immediate concern is the damage this decision will have on tourism and business in both countries.” The UK is a major customer of South Africa’s tourism industry and other industries have close ties to each other.
South Africa will be involved to persuade the British government to reconsider the decision, the statement added.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Africa also said in a statement on the same day that travel bans due to the emergence of new mutations have not been very effective in quarantine measures. “he recommended.
New COVID-19 mutations that have emerged in South Africa and Botswana have far more mutations than existing delta mutations, raising concerns that they are highly contagious and better pierce the existing immune system.
For this reason, several countries, including the UK, Singapore, and Israel, are hastily taking entry bans on seven neighboring African countries, including South Africa.
South Africa’s new confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 2,465 on the 25th, nearly doubling from the previous day.
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