Omicron: ‘I’m pregnant, stuck in South Africa & then my husband was stabbed’

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It was meant to be a sunshine break and catch-up with family and friends in South Africa before welcoming their first child for 32 weeks pregnant Evening Standard Celebrity Correspondent Lizzie Edmonds and her husband Steven Meek. Then despite meticulous scheduling, the couple were caught up in a Covid travel nightmare as the UK government banned flights after Omicron’s emergence in the south of the continent.They witnessed dystopian scenes at Cape Town airport, then suffered fresh disaster when Mr Meek was victim of a triple street robbery stabbing while helping a friend - and was lucky to escape with his life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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