South Africa Reopens for International Travel Amid Virus Creep

South Africa Reopens for International Travel Amid Virus Creep
Shoppers wearing face masks to protect against COVID-19, enter a shopping Mall in Johannesburg, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. In an address to the nation on Nov. 11, 2020, Denis Farrell/AP
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JOHANNESBURG —South Africa is opening up international travel to visitors from all countries in an effort to revive its tourism and hospitality industries, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced.

Foreign visitors will be admitted providing they produce negative COVID-19 test results, Ramaphosa said in a broadcast address on the night of Nov. 11.