Game of politics as UK removes 11 countries from red list

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The UK government has announced that it will remove 11 countries from the country’s travel red list

Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia are three of the nations that are currently on the no-go list, which was reintroduced in November as a precaution to halt the spread of Omicron.

Britain’s health minister says the variant has now spread so much that these rules no longer serve any purpose.

The minister told Parliament “now that there is community transmission of Omicron the travel red list is now less effective in slowing the incursion of Omicron from abroad”.

Testing measures will remain in place for international arrivals but the need to stay in hotel quarantine for ten days will be scrapped.

Now, this all comes as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced one of the biggest tests to his leadership since becoming prime minister

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The UK government voted on new plan B measures to tackle the Omicron variant in the House of Commons.

MPs voted 369 to 126 to introduce mandatory use of Covid passes for entry into nightclubs and large venues in London.

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