International Airlines Slam Nations for Overreacting to Omicron Variant

International Airlines Slam Nations for Red Lists and Overreacting to Omicron Variant

By SAPeople 08-12-21 17:02

PARIS (Reuters) – Global airlines blasted governments on Wednesday for worsening the Omicron scare through snap border measures and “rip-off” virus testing regimes, and urged politicians to let travellers make their own decisions based on scientific data. Willie Walsh, director general of the International Air Transport Association, predicted “knee-jerk” border restrictions resulting from the coronavirus […]

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State Researchers Can’t Access Vaccination Data from SA Health Department: Huge Problem

By SAPeople 06-12-21 15:05

The South African Health Department has withdrawn access to EVDS data since October… By James Stent The National Department of Health has blocked access to data from the Electronic Vaccination Data System (EVDS) to researchers from the South African Medical Research Council (MRC), the Western Cape health department, and university-affiliated pandemic research groups. This means […]

Hippos in Belgium Test Positive for Covid-19

Hippos in Belgium Test Positive for Covid-19

By SAPeople 05-12-21 09:56

Two hippos at a zoo in Belgium have tested positive for Covid-19. Fortunately the animals appear to have only a mild form of the illness. Antwerp Zoo said on Facebook: “Our hippos Hermien and Imani have tested positive for COVID-19.” The zoo said that despite the positive test, the animals – aged 41 (Hermien) and […]

SA Microbiologist: Those Who've Had Covid Risk Being Reinfected by Omicron

SA Microbiologist: Those Who’ve Had Covid Risk Being Reinfected by Omicron

By SAPeople 03-12-21 01:42

Those who have had COVID-19 may be reinfected more easily with the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, currently spreading across the world, according to preliminary analysis by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in South Africa. Scientists are noting a high rate of reinfections during the current resurgence, compared to the previous waves, Professor Anne […]

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South Africa Calls for Travel Bans to be Lifted with Immediate Effect

By SAPeople 01-12-21 10:04

South Africa should be applauded for having alerted the world about the Omicron variant that is now beginning to spread around the world, says President Cyril Ramaphosa. The President has criticised countries who have imposed travel bans on South Africa, following the identification of the COVID-19 variant last week. “We reject that in the strongest […]

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President’s Plea for South Africans to Vaccinate as Alert Level 1 Remains

By SAPeople 28-11-21 22:03

While South Africa will remain on the Coronavirus Alert Level 1, President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on citizens who have not vaccinated to do so immediately. “In taking the decision not to impose further restrictions at this stage, we considered the fact that when we encountered previous waves of infection, vaccines were not widely available […]

Deeply Disappointed President Calls for World to Lift Southern Africa Travel Bans

Deeply Disappointed President Calls for World to Lift Southern Africa Travel Bans

By SAPeople 28-11-21 21:40

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on all those countries that have imposed travel bans on South Africa, and other Southern African countries, to urgently reverse their decisions… and to rather help in making sure everyone gets vaccinated. “There is no scientific justification for keeping these restrictions in place. We know that this virus, like all […]

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SA Tourism Industry Loses R1-Billion Overnight BUT UK Flights Set to Restart

By SAPeople 28-11-21 19:40

South Africa’s tourism and hospitality sector claim they have lost over R1-billion in travel bookings for travel between December 2021 and March 2022 in the past 48 hours, as a result of the travel bans instituted globally against the destination since it announced that it had sequenced a new variant, now known as Omicron. However […]

Air France Update on Flight Suspensions To and From South Africa

Air France Update on Flight Suspensions To and From South Africa

By SAPeople 27-11-21 15:49

JOHANNESBURG, 27 November 2021: Air France says it has taken note of the French authorities’ decision to suspend arrivals from South Africa (and six other southern African countries) for a period of 48 hours as of November 26. As a result, Air France is cancelling its flights from Johannesburg to Paris (AF 995) on November […]

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South Africans Herded Like Sheep at Schiphol Airport as 61 Test Positive

By SAPeople 28-11-21 17:21

South Africans on two KLM flights to Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands were allegedly herded like sheep yesterday into a small waiting area, after sitting on the tarmac for three hours, and later abandoned by KLM staff and left without food, blankets or access to their medicines while they waited crowded together – with no […]

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