The UK will place six southern African countries back on its red list of travel restrictions, after an apparent surge in cases of a heavily mutated coronavirus variant caused alarm among global health officials.
Travellers returning from South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Eswatini will be forced to quarantine for 10 days at a government facility from midday on Friday, government officials said.
Direct flights from the southern African countries have been temporarily banned because the infrastructure to support hotel quarantine is not ready, one travel industry executive said. The government is aiming to have dedicated arrivals terminals and hotels ready to receive red list passengers from Monday, the person said.
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