Travel ban | Tourists rush to catch flights home

The Airlines Association of Southern Africa is worried about the new travel restrictions. It comes after the new Omicron variant was detected in South Africa, Botswana, Hong Kong and Belgium. The association now wants the bans lifted. Aaron Munetsi unpacks this. Courtesy #DStv403

A flurry of nations -- including the US, Canada and several European countries -- have followed suit, concerned about the discovery of a new coronavirus variant, renamed Omicron, with a large number of mutations fuelling an infection resurgence in South Africa. "There should have been more notice," muttered Christian Good, returning to Devon via Frankfurt with his husband after a beach holiday.

Rapid PCR tests were offered at the airport with results guaranteed in two hours, but at a cost of $86, instead of the standard fee of around $52 for results delivered in around 12 hours.

Some of them injected us and wnt to runs away stop them Mr President.

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