The European Commission will propose, in close coordination with its member states, to activate the emergency brake to stop air travel between Europe and the southern African region after the recent discovery of a new COVID-19 variant.
Several members states already decided to ban passengers from South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Corona variant B.1.1.529 is showing up in southern Africa. Experts discovered unusually many mutations making the particular COVID-19 variant highly contagious. Experts also fear that the variant is able to penetrate the protective shield of the vaccines more easily.
Yesterday, the United Kingdom and Israel, among others, decided to ban passengers from at least six southern African countries:
This post was published on 26 November 2021 12:44
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