there are no detected case of the new variance at this time but it is of huge international concern and he is setting out the steps taken by the government in response to this variant of coronavirus that has emerged in south africa. south africa and another are placed on the travel red list with almost immediate effect and a clear warning from the health secretary and also from the health secretary and also from the health secretary and also from the shadow public health and patient safety from alex norris saying that this is a sobering reminder of the challenges that the pandemic brings. let me bring you anotherfew key lines pandemic brings. let me bring you another few key lines from what sajid javid was saying. and there are early indications that the
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variant b11529 is more transmissible than the delta variant and he said one of the lessons of the bat pandemic is that countries must move quickly and at the earliest possible moment, so from midday today six countries on the travel red list and anyone not from the uk or ireland will be denied entry to the uk and any irish residents returning to the uk must enter hotel currency and anyone who has arrived in the last ten days will be contacted by nhs test and trace and he reminded that the pandemic is far from test and trace and he reminded that the pandemic is farfrom over. let s try to get us up to date with what we know and what we don t know at the moment. professor claire bryant is an immunity specialist from the university of cambridge and joins me now. thank you very much for your time today and on the question of what we know and don t know, how has
cost free measures such as mask wearing in public spaces. to conclude, this is a sobering reminder of the challenges that this pandemic brings and we must meet this moment as we have throughout the last 19 months. by pulling together and looking out for each other and in that british spirit of doing what must be done. i am leased doing what must be done. i am pleased to doing what must be done. i am pleased to respond doing what must be done. i am pleased to respond to - doing what must be done. i am pleased to respond to the shadow minister and his first question was around the country s six countries that have decided to be put on the red list from midday today and we are going by primarily where these new variants have been detected at this point and that s been into countries in southern africa and botswana and we have been included in the countries earlier in southern africa as a precaution. and the