After much talk the Government of the United Kingdom (UK) has removed Nigeria and 10 other African countries from its red list.
The 10 other countries are Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
UK Health Secretary, Sajid Javid on Tuesday made the announcement, stressing that the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had spread so widely that red listing countries no longer had much purpose
“Now that there is community transmission of Omicron in the UK and Omicron has spread so widely across the world, the travel red list is now less effective in slowing the incursion of Omicron from abroad.
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“Whilst we will maintain our temporary testing measures for international travel we will be removing all 11 countries from the travel red list effective from 4am tomorrow morning,” Javid said while addressing parliament
Currently, all UK arrivals from red list countries must pay for and self-isolate in a pre-booked, government-approved hotel for 10 days.
