Pakistan restricts travel from six African countries, Hong Kong over new Covid variant

Head of the National Command and Operation Centre Asad Umar announced on Saturday that Pakistan has restricted travel from six African countries and Hong Kong over the emergence of the new coronavirus variant.

“Based on the emergence of the new Covid variant, notification has been issued [to] restrict travel from six South African countries and Hong Kon,” tweeted Umar.

Based on the emergence of the new covid variant, notification has been issued restrict travel from 6 south african countries and Hong Kong. The emergence of new variant makes it even more urgent to vaccinate all eligible citizens 12 years and older.

— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) November 27, 2021

The federal planning minister said that it was now more important to get Pakistanis over the age of 12 vaccinated against coronavirus after “the emergence of the new variant”.