Uganda, Nov. 27 -- The United Kingdom has barred flights from six African countries a few hours after the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that a new coronavirus (Covid-19) variant with several mutations, has been detected in South Africa.
Uganda's Ministry of Health officials told this newspaper that they are reviewing all possible options and a position will be communicated on how to confront the new variant.
The BBC quoted the UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid as saying that with effect from Friday, six countries would be added to the red list, with flights originating from them being temporarily banned. To that regard, all flights from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini [formerly Swaziland] are bein...