India, Nov. 26 -- The South African government will take up the matter with UK soon

The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has strongly discouraged the imposition of a travel ban for people originating from countries that have reported the new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.

The variant has been termed lineage B.1.1.529 by South Africa's National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD).

The United Kingdom November 26, 2021 suspended all flights not just from South Africa but from five other African countries Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini.

UK's decision to temporarily ban South Africans from entering the nation comes before any advice from the World Health Organization (WH...