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. 2021 Dec 18;398(10318):2211-2213.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02752-5. Epub 2021 Dec 3.

The political theatre of the UK's travel ban on South Africa

Marc Mendelson  1 , Francois Venter  2 , Mosa Moshabela  3 , Glenda Gray  4 , Lucille Blumberg  5 , Tulio de Oliveira  6 , Shabir A Madhi  7
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The political theatre of the UK's travel ban on South Africa

Marc Mendelson et al. Lancet. .
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Conflict of interest statement

FV reports grants from USAID, Unitaid, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), the US National Institutes of Health, ViiV, and Merck; non-financial support from Merck, ViiV, and Gilead; personal fees from Virology Education, Gilead, ViiV, Mylan, Merck, Adcock-Ingram, Aspen, Abbott, Roche, J&J, and Cipla all unrelated to the topic of this Comment. SAM reports grants and personal fees from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and grants from SAMRC, Novavax, Pfizer, and Minervax unrelated to the topic of this Comment. MMo reports consultancy fees from Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) unrelated to the topic of this Comment. MMe, GG, LB, and TdO declare no competing interests.

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    1. UK Government Foreign travel advice: South Africa. 2021. https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/south-africa/coronavirus

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