Was hoping for a big boost after two wretched years of lockdowns and red listings. no wonder south africa's foreign minister has criticised the travel ban, calling it "rushed," "economically damaging," and urging britain to reconsider — not that that seems very likely, at least not in the short term. today, south africa is gearing up for a likely fourth wave dominated by this new variant, but scientists here insist that trying to isolate countries or regions makes no practical sense. we saw, with the delta variant, that within three weeks, 53 countries were reporting cases of the delta varia...