Tourists have been forced to cancel bookings overnight, sending the hospitality industry back to the brink of collapse and hotel stocks plunging
26 November 2021 – 12:29
The travel industry is warning of more job losses as countries ban flights to and from SA in response to a new variant in the country, saying SA is being punished for its scientists’ advanced genomic sequencing ability.
On Thursday, local scientists announced that a newly identified coronavirus variant — B1.1.529 — had been detected in SA and is thought to be behind the number of new cases in Gauteng. The variant has also been identified in Hong Kong. ..