UK removes all African countries from the red list
Wednesday December 15 2021
Customers at a check-in desk in the departures hall Heathrow Airport in west London. FILE PHOTO | AFP
The United Kingdom has removed all 11 African countries from its red list.
The bans were imposed last month in order to slow the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19.
The bans restricted travel between those states and the UK with only British or Irish nationals or those with residency in the UK being allowed to re-enter the country.
The affected African countries included, Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The UK said the restrictions would be lifted at 4am GMT on Wednesday.