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1. Health Secretary Matt Hancock announces a travel restrictions from South Africa due to discovery of a mutated variant of SARS-CoV-2 (501.V2) in South Africa.
   2020-12-24 01:05:08 (First version)
2. Health Secretary Matt Hancock announces a ban on travel from South Africa due to the discovery of a mutated variant of SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa.
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