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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 'red list'.
Feinstein says she was shocked when, despite having documents to prove she had a negative test, nobody questioned her upon her arrival.
"I was fully expecting to be an hour at customs" says Feinstein. Instead, she says she was able to breeze through the electronic gate and onto baggage claim.
I was through in ten minutes, it was an absolute joke...I just couldn't believe it.
Sharon Feinstein
It's obviously shabby controls.
Sharon Feinstein
Following her appearance on Good Morning Britain in the UK on Tuesday morning, Feinstein's claims are now the subject of a probe by British Home Secretary Priti Patel.
— Sharon Feinstein (@sharonfeinstein) February 10, 2021
In contrast to the negligence of UK authorities, Feinstein says the officials at O.R Tambo could not be faulted:
The South African authorities were absolutely on point, they took my temperature, they looked at all my paperwork, my negative Covid, test and my passenger locater form.
Sharon Feinstein
On Tuesday, the UK Health secretary Matt Hancock detailed tough new travel restrictions being introduced in an attempt to prevent new Covid-19 variants from entering England.
Passengers who lie about where they have travelled could be hit with 10-year sentence.
Over 30 high-risk countries, including South Africa, are currently on the UK’s ‘red list’.
From 15 February, anyone entering the UK from a country with a travel ban to the UK, will be forced to quarantine in a government-approved hotel for 10 days and undergo two Covid-19 tests.
The entire process - including the tests and hotel room- will cost £1 750 (R35 000).
Click below to listen as journalist describes how she was able to breeze through Heathrow Airport after arriving from 'red list' South Africa:
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