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Flights Canceled at Johannesburg Airport Amid Travel Bans
Travelers at O.R. Tambo International Airport expressed concerns as flights were canceled, after many nations banned travel from southern Africa in an effort to curb the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant.
[loud speaker announcement] So I was originally planned to go to Mauritius. Got canceled. Tried again. Got canceled. So now I’m trying to get back to Europe or across to the U.S. After being stranded for two years because of Covid, not seeing your family, my parents were deathly ill, you know. So I had to come back when the borders were open to come and see them. And now, you know, only to realize, well, it’s happening all over again. [group chatter] Wear your mask.
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