November 26th - What The New Covid Variant Means For Travellers From Affected Countries
Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
The Independent
3.6 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2021
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
Overnight, news of a new variant that concerns scientists in South Africa and a host of other countries has led to many worrying about whether to cancel holidays and whether those already on holiday in South Africa will have to return to face expensive stays in Quarantine hotels. As ever, Simon Calder takes you through the latest announcements and how you can make the best choice if you're planning to travel to affected countries soon.
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| 0:32.1 | Hello, I'm Simon Corder, welcoming you to my independent travel podcast, bringing you the latest news on travelling, whether you're just dreaming of a great escape or actually making plans for one, or sadly today, possibly even deciding not to go on one. |
| 0:50.3 | Because of course the main news overnight is that South Africa and its neighbouring countries |
| 0:57.0 | of Botswana Iswatini, Namibia, Lesotho and Zimbabwe have all been placed on the red |
| 1:05.0 | list which was a vacant list previously but that means anybody coming in from now onwards and they've temporarily |
| 1:12.4 | banned flights while they get their quarantine hotel sorted out. Anyone coming in is going to have |
| 1:17.3 | to pay over £2,000 if they're a solo traveller to stay in a hotel on isolation row near Heath |
| 1:26.1 | Row. It's causing enormous upset among people who are |
| 1:31.4 | unfortunate enough to be in South Africa and heading home because suddenly they've got all that |
| 1:37.3 | expense. I'm going to come up with a way of possibly helping with that. And it's also, of course, making Christmas plans impossible for so many people, |
| 1:49.3 | just a month ahead of Christmas, |
| 1:51.7 | who were planning to head over there for some winter sun. |
| 1:54.4 | And, of course, the people of South Africa desperately need tourists economically, |
| 2:00.4 | and that feeds through ultimately to their public health. |
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