South African President slams Britain for leading western world in ...
Furious South African President slams Britain for leading western world in 'unjustified, unscientific' travel ban due to omicron variant – but admits his country is on the verge of a fourth wave Cyril Ramaphosa said SA authorities would not be considering lockdown He slammed Britain for kicking off travel restrictions from Western nations
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South African authorities are furious that Britain banned flights from the southern African countries - calling the measures 'unjustified' and 'unscientific'.
Britain introduced the measures in response to the emergence of the Omicron variant of Covid in South Africa this week.
Scientists have so far only detected the new Omicron variant in relatively small numbers, mainly in South Africa but also in Botswana, Hong Kong and Israel.
But they are concerned by its high number of mutations which raised concerns that it could be more vaccine-resistant and transmissible.
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said
