UK decision to ban SA flights over new Covid-19 variant 'premature': Pandor

26 November 2021 - 09:46

International relations and co-operation minister Naledi Pandor said the decision appears to have been “rushed”. “While SA respects the right of all countries to take the necessary precautionary measures to protect their citizens, the UK’s decision to temporarily ban South Africans from entering the UK seems to have been rushed, as even the World Health Organisation is yet to advise on the next steps.”“Our immediate concern is the damage that this decision will do to the tourism industries and businesses of both countries,” she said.

Pandor fought tooth and nail to get SA off the list, saying there was “no reasonable basis” for the decision to keep SA on the red list as it was administering thousands of vaccines daily. and is spreading fast among young people in SA.

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My only concern? Don’t they trust vaccinated people! Who is the manufacturer’s of the vaccine. So certainly they don’t trust the vaccine

That’s what happens when you use scare tactics so that you can put an illegal lockdown in place you also killed the Rand with the your foolish behaviour CyrilRamaphosa PresidencyZA

How old are you Minister? i think is a best to retire and enjoy your pension with your grand grand children

They are all in this together.

SA should also ban arrivals from China and Botswana as the new variant was dictated there as well but knowing our government they wont same way they did with Delta PresidencyZA ban China and Botswana arrival due to new variant ParliamentofRSA talk to Ramaphosa

Its not only UK.

Proactive countries keep covid away by swift action. Had you done the right decision in 2019 and banned all those Asians we wouldn't be in this mess

Who releases source of information and who confirms and amplifies it.

Be like them and ban too.

That's why we get all these variants, everything is prematurely to you. Because you first wait all provencee to be affected to close, dont rub it to other countries.

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Keep on 'discovering' shit. I'll too will block you into oblivion.

How proactive has DIRCO_ZA been? They ought to have preempted this response from the UK GovernmentZA HealthZA CyrilRamaphosa RonaldLamola MbalulaFikile

How is it possible that the new COVID19 variants seem to always pop up in South Africa? 3 possibilities: A) SA is excellent at detecting new variants B) New variants only occur in SA C) Other countries aren't looking for new variants or keep their mouths shut if they find them.

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