The political theatre of the UK's travel ban on South Africa

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02752-5

. 2021 Dec 18;398(10318):2211-2213.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02752-5. Epub 2021 Dec 3.

The political theatre of the UK's travel ban on South Africa

Marc Mendelson¹, Francois Venter², Mosa Moshabela³, Glenda Gray⁴, Lucille Blumberg⁵, Tulio de Oliveira⁶, Shabir A Madhi⁷

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¹ Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa. Electronic address: marc.mendelson@uct.ac.za.
² Ezintsha, a sub-division of Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
³ School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
⁴ Office of the President, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa.
⁵ Right to Care, Tshwane, South Africa; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁶ Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
⁷ African Medical Research Council Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02752-5

The political theatre of the UK's travel ban on South Africa

Marc Mendelson et al. Lancet.2021.

. 2021 Dec 18;398(10318):2211-2213.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02752-5. Epub 2021 Dec 3.

Authors

Marc Mendelson¹, Francois Venter², Mosa Moshabela³, Glenda Gray⁴, Lucille Blumberg⁵, Tulio de Oliveira⁶, Shabir A Madhi⁷

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa. Electronic address: marc.mendelson@uct.ac.za.
² Ezintsha, a sub-division of Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
³ School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
⁴ Office of the President, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa.
⁵ Right to Care, Tshwane, South Africa; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁶ Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
⁷ African Medical Research Council Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

PMID: 34871546
PMCID: PMC8641956
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02752-5

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FV reports grants from USAID, Unitaid, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), the US National Institutes of Health, ViiV, and Merck; non-financial support from Merck, ViiV, and Gilead; personal fees from Virology Education, Gilead, ViiV, Mylan, Merck, Adcock-Ingram, Aspen, Abbott, Roche, J&J, and Cipla all unrelated to the topic of this Comment. SAM reports grants and personal fees from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and grants from SAMRC, Novavax, Pfizer, and Minervax unrelated to the topic of this Comment. MMo reports consultancy fees from Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) unrelated to the topic of this Comment. MMe, GG, LB, and TdO declare no competing interests.

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No point in travel bans if countries with poor surveillance are ignored.
Preiser W, Engelbrecht S, Maponga T.Preiser W, et al.Lancet. 2022 Mar 26;399(10331):1224. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00363-4.Lancet. 2022.PMID: 35339220Free PMC article.No abstract available.

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References

1. Business Insider SA. England bans flights from South Africa, as well as SA visitors, from today due to new Covid variant. Dec 24, 2020. https://www.businessinsider.co.za/england-bans-flights-from-sa-2020-12
1. WHO Classification of omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern. Nov 26, 2021. https://www.who.int/news/item/26-11-2021-classification-of-omicron-(b.1....
1. Chung H, He S, Nasreen S, et al. Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccines against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19 outcomes in Ontario, Canada: test negative design study. BMJ. 2021;374:n1943. - PMC - PubMed
1. Madhi SA, Baillie V, Cutland CL, et al. Efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Covid-19 vaccine against the B.1.351 Variant. N Engl J Med. 2021;384:1885–1898. - PMC - PubMed
1. UK Government Foreign travel advice: South Africa. 2021. https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/south-africa/coronavirus

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[1] Business Insider SA. England bans flights from South Africa, as well as SA visitors, from today due to new Covid variant. Dec 24, 2020. https://www.businessinsider.co.za/england-bans-flights-from-sa-2020-12

[2] Business Insider SA. England bans flights from South Africa, as well as SA visitors, from today due to new Covid variant. Dec 24, 2020. https://www.businessinsider.co.za/england-bans-flights-from-sa-2020-12

[3] WHO Classification of omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern. Nov 26, 2021. https://www.who.int/news/item/26-11-2021-classification-of-omicron-(b.1....

[4] WHO Classification of omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern. Nov 26, 2021. https://www.who.int/news/item/26-11-2021-classification-of-omicron-(b.1....

[5] Chung H, He S, Nasreen S, et al. Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccines against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19 outcomes in Ontario, Canada: test negative design study. BMJ. 2021;374:n1943. - PMC - PubMed

[6] Chung H, He S, Nasreen S, et al. Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccines against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19 outcomes in Ontario, Canada: test negative design study. BMJ. 2021;374:n1943. - PMC - PubMed

[7] Madhi SA, Baillie V, Cutland CL, et al. Efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Covid-19 vaccine against the B.1.351 Variant. N Engl J Med. 2021;384:1885–1898. - PMC - PubMed

[8] Madhi SA, Baillie V, Cutland CL, et al. Efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Covid-19 vaccine against the B.1.351 Variant. N Engl J Med. 2021;384:1885–1898. - PMC - PubMed

[9] UK Government Foreign travel advice: South Africa. 2021. https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/south-africa/coronavirus

[10] UK Government Foreign travel advice: South Africa. 2021. https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/south-africa/coronavirus

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