EU set to ban flights from southern Africa due to Covid variant

Belfast Telegraph

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EU set to ban flights from southern Africa due to Covid variant

EU set to ban flights from southern Africa due to Covid variant

Belfast Telegraph

Published 26 Nov 2021

The European Union’s executive has said it wants to stop air travel from southern Africa to counter the spread of a new Covid-19 variant.

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