“In Hong Kong, when there have been solely about ten instances, they were already taking my temperature and disinfecting elevator buttons and generally taking things very significantly. A massive a half of that was their previous expertise with SARS. “You do not need to be in the position of punishing South Africa for sharing proof. We want international locations to do more sequencing and share that information freely, without worry that if they report it, they’re going to get a travel ban.” The B.1.1.7 or Kent (U.K.) variant, which was first sequenced in September 2020 and took off in the U.K. Population as that year came to an finish, weakened the Trudeau authorities ‘s resolve. And EU nations also placed eight African countries beneath a travel ban — whilst some of their leaders congratulated South Africa for its “fast genomic sequencing and leadership in transparently sharing scientific data”. “We have …