BREAKING: UK set to scrap travel ban on Nigeria over Covid-19 Omicron variant
By Kalu Nwokoro Idika
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The United Kingdom is about to scrap the travel restrictions imposed on countries after the detection of the Covid-19Omicron variant
Recall that Nigeria is among the countries that UK added to its red list over Omicron.
The Nigerian government had warned the British government to remove the country from the red list to avoid taking a retaliatory action.
Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika had said if by Tuesday, the UK and other countries that took action against Nigeria over Omicron fail to upturn the policy, Nigeria would have no choice but to ban travellers from UK, Saudi Arabia and Argentina.
Meanwhile, in a report, Daily Mail UK said the British government is about to scrap the travel red list and replace it with tests even for the fully vaccinated.
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The report said Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, had convinced his colleagues that the ban should be replaced with testing.
“The move is expected to be approved this week”, The Mail on Sunday reported.
The travel ban has sparked a global outrage. While President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa described it as discriminatory, Akinwunmi Adesina, President of African Development Bank (AFDB), also said African countries must not be punished unjustly.
