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The UK government has removed restrictions on travel from eleven countries in Africa.

Flights to the UK from Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe were restricted or put on a 鈥楻ed List' in late November as a precaution after the emergence of the Omicron variant.

UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the highly infectious new variant had spread so widely the rules no longer had much purpose. For reaction we turned to Rosemary Anderson, of the Federated Hospitality Association of South Africa who told us how hard she had lobbied to get the travel ban lifted.

鈥淲e鈥檙e thrilled. We are so keen to welcome back UK tourists to our wonderful sunny South Africa. Our red listing definitely made our exchange rate take a bit of a battering.鈥�

(Pic: Traveller at Heathrow airport, London; Credit: Getty Images)