{"id":25603,"date":"2021-04-08T20:50:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T20:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=25603"},"modified":"2021-04-08T20:50:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T20:50:36","slug":"kenya-u-k-agree-to-form-covid-19-team-on-travel-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/kenya-u-k-agree-to-form-covid-19-team-on-travel-restrictions","title":{"rendered":"Kenya, U.K. agree to form COVID-19 team on travel restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"card-text\"><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Kenya and the United Kingdom on Wednesday resolved to set up a joint emergency committee to address COVID-19 travel restrictions after London added Nairobi to its COVID-19 travel red list.<\/p>\n<p>Raychelle Omamo, Kenya&#8217;s cabinet secretary for foreign affairs, held talks with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab where they also agreed to bolster trade and regional security.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They discussed the strength of our relationship on trade, regional security, and health and agreed to establish a Joint Committee to work together on addressing COVID-19 travel restrictions,&#8221; the ministry of foreign affairs said in a brief statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center h-ads ad\">\n<div class=\"col-12 text-center mb-4 mb-md-1\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1616649507079-0\" class=\"p-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It said the two officials underlined the need to work on strengthening trade and deepening regional security.<\/p>\n<p>Britain sparked a diplomatic row on April 2 when it included Kenya in the COVID-19 travel ban red list effective Friday.<\/p>\n<p>London said the decision was taken by UK Ministers on March 31 following a review of the latest scientific evidence pertaining to the risk of community transmission of COVID-19 variants.<\/p>\n<p>According to British Department of Transport, nearly a third of about 550 people who travel from Kenya to the UK each week have been testing positive to the COVID-19 variant originating from South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>But Kenya criticized the move, saying the decision was &#8220;discriminatory&#8221; and lacked &#8220;logic and scientific knowledge of the disease or the spread of the pandemic&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya also said all visitors originating from or transiting through UK airports will be required to undergo a 14-day mandatory quarantine at a government facility at their own cost.<\/p>\n<p>Nairobi said that exemption from the new travel restrictions include cargo flights between the two countries and Kenyan nationals resident in the UK or transiting through the European nation&#8217;s airports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Kenya and the United Kingdom on Wednesday resolved to set up a joint emergency committee to address COVID-19 travel restrictions after London added Nairobi to its COVID-19 travel red list. 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