UK bans travel from Tanzania and DR Congo over Covid

Posted on January 22, 2021January 22, 2021
by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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Travellers from Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo will be banned from coming into the UK in an attempt to block the South African Covid-19 variant.

But the ban – which will come into force from 4am on Friday – will not apply to British and Irish nationals and those with residency rights returning to the country, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said.

It comes after the UK’s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance warned vaccines currently being rolled out may be less effective against the South African variant.

The new variant – known as 501Y.V2 and thought to be about 50% more infectious – is believed to be more transmissible than the UK one.

-itv

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