United States.- Several countries have banned or banned flights and travellers from the United Kingdom after the British government said Sunday that the spread of a new, more infectious strain of Covid-19 was now “out of control.” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and scientists announced that the new strain had led to a dizzying increase in infections.
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The UK government tightened its COVID-19 restrictions for London and nearby areas, disrupting Christmas holiday plans for millions, says the newspaper Aljazeera. These are the countries that have announced travel bans so far:
Argentina has banned flights from the UK. He said the UK’s last flight would arrive in the country on Monday. Belgium banned flights from the UK for at least 24 hours from midnight on Sunday.
Flights around the world will have to close the destination to the UK by the new strain of Covid-19. Afp
Bulgaria said flights to and from the UK would be suspended from midnight on Sunday until 31 January. Canada prohibits all UK flights for 72 hours. Chile announced that it would suspend flights from the UK from Tuesday. Colombia will suspend all flights to the United Kingdom. Croatia said it would temporarily suspend UK passenger air traffic for 48 hours. Denmark has suspended flights from the UK for 48 hours from Monday at 09:00 GMT. El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said no one who has been to Britain or South Africa in the last 30 days will not be able to enter the country.
The UK is preparing for new quarantine measures to prevent further covid-19 contagion. Afp
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have stopped flights from the UK. Finland has banned flights from the UK for two weeks. France has banned all travel from the UK for 48 hours, including travel “related to the transport of goods by road, air, sea or rail”. Germany stopped all air links to the UK from midnight on Sunday, with the ban initially scheduled to last until 31 December. Cargo flights will be exempt.
At least 27 countries have limited their flights to the UK. Afp
Hong Kong will ban flights from the UK for the new strain of coronavirus. Italy has blocked flights from Britain and the “entry into Italy of people who have stayed there for the past 14 days.” The new strain has been found in a person in Italy who recently returned from the UK.India announced the suspension of all flights from the UK to the country until the end of the year, the aviation ministry said in a tweet. Iran ordered the suspension of flights from the UK for two weeks. Ireland has banned all flights arriving from the UK from midnight on Sunday for at least 48 hours. Israel said it was banning foreign nationals from travelling from the UK, Denmark and South Africa.
Kuwait has added the UK to a list of “high-risk” nations and banned flights. Morocco banned all flights to the UK from Sunday. Norway will suspend flights from the UK with immediate effect for a minimum of 48 hours, norwegian health minister said Monday in a statement. All UK passenger flights to the Netherlands have been banned until 1 January, the Dutch government said. He later also banned ferry passengers. Poland will suspend flights from the UK from midnight on Monday. Romania has banned all flights to and from the UK for two weeks from Monday afternoon. Switzerland has stopped flights until further notice. Turkey said flights from uk, Denmark, where nine cases of the new strain have been detected, the Netherlands and South Africa.
