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Closed Remove the Democratic Republic of the Congo from the red list for travel

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) should be removed from the red list for international travel.

DR Congo is currently recording fewer cases per day than countries such as Turkey and Pakistan, which are not on the red list, and the UK. According to the WHO, on 27 September 2021, DR Congo had zero reported new cases and 1084 confirmed deaths of Covid-19, whereas on the same day the UK had 32,997, Turkey 25,861, and Pakistan 1780 new cases of Covid-19 and several thousands of total confirmed deaths.

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