The British government is currently advising anyone against travelling to South Africa, which last weekend became the first country in the continent to reach one million cases of Covid-19 and has banned the sale of alcohol as well as imposing a nationwide curfew. There is no timetable yet for a vaccination programme in South Africa. “We are making plans on the latest information available to us,” said the Lions managing director, Ben Calveley. ”Not least so that we can provide clarity to supporters booked to travel to South Africa or those thinking of making the trip. Pushing the Lions tour, which is a financial necessity for the South African Union, back to 2022 would be problematic with England set to tour Australia while Ireland are in New Zealand and Wales are due in South Africa 15 months out from the World Cup in France.

Source: The Guardian January 02, 2021 16:22 UTC