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European countries began to close their doors to travellers from the United Kingdom on Sunday, with several banning planes and trains over concerns about a new coronavirus strain that is spreading quickly through the country.
Belgium said it would close its borders to flights and trains - including the popular Eurostar service - coming from the United Kingdom.
Italy also ordered a suspension of flights from Britain, as did the Netherlands. The COVID variant recently discovered in London is worrying and will need to be investigated by our scientists, Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza said.
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Covid-19: Italy to suspend flights from UK
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Italy is to join other European countries in imposing a ban on passenger flights from Britain, the foreign minister said Sunday, as the British government warned that a new more infectious strain of the virus was “out of control”.
“The United Kingdom has issued an alert concerning a new strain of Covid-19,” Luigi Di Maio wrote on his Facebook account. “As the government, our duty is to protect Italians and for this reason… we will sign, with the health minister, a decree suspending flights to and from Britain,” he said, without specifying when the measure would come into effect.