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London has gone into Tier 4 restrictions as a new strain of coronavirus is spreading through the city.
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A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, is thought to be driving increased transmission of the disease in parts of the UK.
The government has placed some regions including London under new, stricter coronavirus restrictions, known as Tier 4. People in Tier 4 areas will not be able to gather with anyone outside their household for Christmas, while those in the rest of the country can only gather on Christmas Day itself.
MIAMI – With the UK’s new COVID-19 virus strain announced this Sunday, several countries have gradually suspended flights to/from the Kingdom.
The reason behind the mass suspensions of UK flights is that the new strain is 70% more contagious, with UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock making public the news that the new SARS CoV 2 virus was “out of control.”
Following suit with the travel bans, Russia will halt operations from December 22, but for only a week, said the country’s coronavirus infection response center. The situation will continue under examination and further decisions will be taken after a completed review.
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Canada suspends flights from UK for 72 hours amid emergence of new COVID-19 strain ANI | Updated: Dec 21, 2020 08:24 IST
Ottawa [Canada], December 21 (ANI): The Canadian government on Sunday announced the decision to suspend flights from the United Kingdom amid a genetic variant of the coronavirus which was identified in the UK. The Government of Canada is closely monitoring the genetic variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 identified in the United Kingdom and is working with international partners, including the World Health Organization, to better understand this variant and its impacts, read a news release from the Public Health Agency of Canada.