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The UK will soon allow quarantine-free travel for almost all countries, including South Africa, according to a report in The Sunday Telegraph.

The current measures imposed by the British government permit entry to only British and Irish Nationals arriving from high-risk countries – commonly referred to as red list countries – who are required to quarantine in government-managed hotels.

However, Reuters reports that British prime minister Boris Johnson is expected to allow fully vaccinated arrivals from countries including South Africa, Brazil, Mexico and Indonesia for hotel quarantine-free travel later this week, citing The Sunday Telegraph.

The Sunday paper reported that the UK’s red list of destinations would be cut to nine from 54, with the announcement expected to be made on Thursday (7 October).

The UK’s hotel quarantine policy for higher risk countries costs £2,285 per adult (R46,000), putting a huge financial burden on potential travellers to the country.

Reuters reported that the country is already planning to relax its travel rules from 4 October by scrapping its amber list for medium risk destinations and no longer requiring fully vaccinated passengers to take a Covid-19 test before they arrive in the country from places not on the red list.

“The government has said that from later in October, arrivals in England will no longer have to take a PCR test two days after arrival and can instead opt for the cheaper lateral flow test.”

President Cyril Ramaphosa said in an address to the country earlier this week that he had spoken with Johnson to discuss the UK’s red listing of South Africa.

“This has put us in a disadvantaged position since the United Kingdom is South Africa’s biggest source of tourism from the northern hemisphere and a significant trading partner.

“While UK scientists were concerned about the presence of the Beta variant in South Africa, the reality is that the Delta variant is now by far the dominant variant in the country,” the president said.

Ramaphosa said that he put South Africa’s case to the UK prime minister, “which he understood very well”.

“We both agreed that decisions of this nature should be informed by science and are hopeful of a positive outcome when the issue comes up for review in the coming days,” the president said.

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South Africa is set to be on the list of countries that USA is lifting travel restrictions on this November. There has yet to be a date in November confirmed.

After a long ban, South Africans can expect USA to open its’ borders for travel & leisure.

At this stage, South African vaccines will be accepted. Travelers to the US will be required to show proof of vaccination, there has been no confirmation yet about which vaccine will be accepted, however the CDC has confirmed that both Pfizer & Johnson & Johnsons will be on the list.

Once travelers are vaccinated, there is a 14-day window in which travelers will not be able to enter the USA, therefore, we urge travelers to plan ahead.

Unfortunately, unvaccinated travelers, unless they are US citizens, will not be granted entry in to the USA.

You will still need a COVID-19 test

You will be asked to present a negative COVID-19 test result, taken no more than 3 days before departure. There will be no exceptions for a positive test result.

There are no quarantine requirements

At this stage, there have been no intentions for travelers entering the US to be quarantined for any length of time, this includes self-isolation. This is subject to change depending on the severity of the spread of the Virus in the Northern Hemisphere around November time.

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