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UK and SA delegates meet over red list status
This comes after the local government experts had a meeting with their UK counterparts over the red list of high-risk countries.
The island country has tighter travel restrictions in place to reduce the introduction and transmission of new variants of Covid-19 from countries that the UK government says should not be visited "except in the most extreme of circumstances".
This means that travellers returning to the UK from South Africa must spend 10 days in quarantine at their own expense, even though they are vaccinated.
According to the department, the talks also included the latest trends around Covid-19, testing strategies and the prevalence and risk posed to our vaccination programmes by variants of concern.
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“The insights provided will feed into the next review of UK border measures, which is due to take place within the next fortnight,” the statement read.
Vaccination recognition
The UK and local experts also discussed the recognition of each other’s vaccine certificates.
“The UK side explained that, following some initial pilots, it was now seeking to extend its recognition of vaccine certificates around the world as rapidly as possible.”
According to the department’s statement, the UK expressed its willingness to take forward discussions with the SA government on this matter.
Both governments said they support and recognise the importance of vaccination as a way out of the pandemic.
“The UK expressed its gratitude to SA experts for their willingness to share both data and expertise.”
Source: SAnews.gov.za
SAnews.gov.za is a South African government news service, published by the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS). SAnews.gov.za (formerly BuaNews) was established to provide quick and easy access to articles and feature stories aimed at keeping the public informed about the implementation of government mandates.
Go to: http://www.sanews.gov.za