Shabby controls allowed traveler to enter the UK from red list SA unchecked
10 February 2021 4:39 PM
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Sharon Feinstein s experience on Monday is now the subject of a probe by British Home Secretary Priti Patel.
A traveller has described how, after flying into the UK from South Africa s O.R. Tambo International Aiport on Monday, she was able to breeze through passport control without a single Covid-19 check.
Journalist Sharon Feinstein told CapeTalk s John Maytham that she passed through the terminal at London s Heathrow airport with no questions asked, despite having come from South Africa.
Since the discovery of the Covid-19 variant 501.V2 here in December, South Africa has been on the UK s
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The passenger got through Heathrow in just 10 minutes, only 20 hours after leaving South Africa, where a mutant variant is running rife. Sharon Feinstein had all her documents ready – including her Covid test result and locator form stating where she would be self-isolating – but not one official asked to see them. Sharon, who lives in Islington, north London, said: “I was in tears. I just couldn’t believe what happened. I could have had Covid, they don’t know where I am sta
The Home Secretary is to probe claims made by a passenger who said she walked through Heathrow unchecked after arriving from South Africa.
Sharon Feinstein, who lives in Islington, north London, claims she walked through the terminal following a trip to Johannesburg, where the mutant strain is rife.
Ms Feinstein landed yesterday after visiting her mother, and had documents to prove she d had a negative test result - but claims she was ushered through passport control.
Matt Hancock told the Commons today that Priti Patel is looking into this individual case .
This comes as it emerged travellers who lie about whether they have been to mutant coronavirus hotspots face up to ten years in prison, under a brutal crackdown unveiled by Matt Hancock today.