Original title: the president of South Africa talked to the British Prime Minister about the "travel ban"
(novel coronavirus pneumonia) South African president spoke with Prime Minister of Britain on "travel ban"
China News Agency, Johannesburg, October 1 (reporter Wang Xi) - the South African Presidential Palace confirmed on October 1 that South African President ramafossa had communicated with British Prime Minister Johnson by telephone on the UK's introduction of travel restrictions for South African people, and promised to launch a "vaccination passport" as soon as possible.
Recently, the novel coronavirus pneumonia was introduced into the red list of the country, and a series of travel restrictions on South African citizens were included. It included the requirement that South African citizens should be admitted to expensive hotels to be segregated. This case immediately aroused widespread concern.
Ramah said that novel coronavirus pneumonia is the main variant of the new crown pneumonia virus in South Africa, rather than the beta variant that British experts have pointed out. Britain is an important trading partner and tourism source country of South Africa. The above measures put South Africa at a disadvantage. Therefore, he then held telephone consultations with Johnson on the matter, expressed his willingness to lift the current travel ban and seek a solution.
According to lamafossa, Johnson expressed his understanding of the South African government during the call. The two sides decided to make positive progress on this matter in the next few days on the basis of science.
Ramafossa also pointed out that the South African government will launch a "vaccination passport" in the near future, so as to provide safe and verifiable vaccination certificates for vaccinators. He stressed that the implementation of "vaccination passport" will strictly follow the guidelines of who and play a role in promoting the relaxation of international travel restrictions and participation in social activities.
On the evening of September 30, the South African government announced that due to the continuous improvement of the epidemic situation, the "blockade order" level for the epidemic situation would be lowered to the lowest level to accelerate the pace of economic recovery. (end)