Wessolowski: We found out this morning that we won’t be able to go home, so that is quite a shock to us

Marina Wessolowski, a Berlin-based businesswoman who is stranded in Cape Town poses for a photograph with her husband Achim and daughters, Emma and Clara, uncertain when they will return home after at least five countries and airlines banned flights from South Africa over the discovery of a new variant of the coronavirus, in Cape Town, South Africa, December 21, 2020.

Family stranded in South Africa as travel ban over mutant virus strain kicks in

The transport ban covers passenger traffic by train, bus, ship and flights directly from these countries

The order covers the period from December 22, 2020 until January 6, 2021.

Family stranded in South Africa as travel ban over mutant virus strain kicks in

Germany bans UK, S.Africa arrivals until Jan 6

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Family stranded in South Africa as travel ban over mutant virus strain kicks in

Germany bans UK, S.Africa arrivals until Jan 6