Six southern African countries are put on the red list, amid 'deep concern' over a new variant of the virus.
Travellers arriving in England from several southern African countries will have to quarantine amid warnings over a new coronavirus variant.
But he said the variant has a significant number of mutations, "perhaps double the number of mutations that we have seen in the Delta variant". Any British or Irish resident arriving from the countries after 04:00 on Sunday will have to quarantine in a hotel, with those returning before that being asked to isolate at home.
He said there was unhappiness at the new red listing by other countries, with scientists saying the country needed more support and more reward for spotting the new variant. Experts in South Africa have said the variant is "very different" to others that have circulated, with concerns that it could be more transmissible but also able to get around parts of the immune system.
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