From 4h00 tomorrow morning the UK will no longer require a pre-departure Test for vaccinated passengers entering its country, as residents or as tourists, Self-isolation has also been scrapped, reports TravelWeekly.
However, within 48 hours of arrival, travellers have to undergo a Lateral Flow Test, and a PCR Test if they Test positive, so that the variant can be determined,
Scotland and Northern Ireland have not yet announced their regulations.
President Biden announced earlier this week by proclamation that the USA will lift its ban on travel into the USA from South Africa and its neighbouring countries from tomorrow, reports News24.
South Africa and its neighbours were banned by numerous countries after its scientists shared the detection of the new Omicron variant at the end of November.
The USA follows the UK, Australia, and a handful of other countries which have lifted their travel bans instituted against Southern Africa almost world-wide at the end of November. The European Union and Germany in particular are still holding back on lifting their travel bans.
BusinessTech has reported that the UK is likely to lift South Africa and its nine neighbouring countries from its Red List, as early as today. The reason is that despite the Travel Ban, the spread of the Covid Omicron variant has not been curbed in the UK!
Nigeria was added to the Red List a week ago.
BREAKING NEWS: Reports from the UK are that the Southern African countries’ Travel Ban will be lifted at 4h00 tomorrow!
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