Original title: Foreign media: South Africa is banned from flying by many countries, and many airports are in chaos
Reference News Network reported on November 29 According to a report from Agence France-Presse on November 27 in Johannesburg, South Africa felt that it had been “punished” and unfairly treated after the worrisome new variant of Ome Keron’s new coronavirus was announced, and its citizens became impunity all over the world. Welcome people.
According to reports, the South African government condemned the discrimination against him for publishing bad news. The same goes for many South African netizens, who are both angry and worried.
After announcing the discovery of the Omi Keron mutant strain, the South African government stated on the 27th that these travel bans are equivalent to “a penalty for South Africa’s advanced genome sequencing and faster discovery of new mutant strains”. The government bulletin emphasized: “Exemplary excellence in science should be praised, not punished.”
The South African Ministry of Foreign Affairs regretted that: “Some new mutant strains have also been found in other countries… But the response to these countries is very different from the response to Southern Africa.”
South Africa’s Health Minister Joe Fahra condemned this conditioned “excessive” reaction on the evening of the 26th, and there are also “panics” in many countries because they immediately shut down before they even learn more about the dangers of the mutant strain. The border. Fahra condemned: “Some leaders are looking for scapegoats to solve a global problem.”
The report pointed out that South Africa is worried that these border closure measures will affect “family, travel and tourism industries, and businesses”, and these measures may also dispel the idea of other countries to announce newly discovered mutant strains because they are afraid of being “punished.”
According to a report from the TASS News Agency Pretoria on November 27, tourists trying to leave South Africa in an emergency fell into chaos at several large international airports.
A staff member of Johannesburg Airport told TASS on the 27th: “Many airlines have repeatedly cancelled flights unexpectedly and caused us major trouble. At noon that day, Qatar Airways, one of the largest carriers on South African routes, suspended all flights. . Thousands of tourists and vacationers are in trouble because their flights have been cancelled.”
According to reports, a new strain of the new coronavirus called Omi Keron is spreading in South Africa. The virus has been detected in people returning from South Africa to the UK and Germany in the last 24 hours. Of the 600 people who arrived in the Netherlands on two flights the day before, 61 were found to be infected with the new crown virus. According to the local news portal “24 Hours News”, South Africa’s airport is in “real chaos”.
The report also said that the United Kingdom announced on November 25 that it would suspend flights to South Africa. Now, about 20 countries and regions have suspended flights to South Africa, including two African countries-Seychelles and Mauritius. Tourists trying to leave South Africa mainly travel to other African capitals by planes of African Airlines. Many people fly to Addis Ababa, Cairo, Dakar.
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