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20 December 2020
Italy, Netherlands, Ireland, and Belgium on Sunday banned air travel from the UK due to fears over the emergence of a new variant of coronavirus.
Ireland is expected to restrict flights and ferries from midnight (23:00 GMT) on Sunday. Trains to Belgium are also suspended. France and Germany are among others considering similar action.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday introduced a new tier four level of restrictions, scrapping a planned relaxation of rules over the Christmas period for millions of people.
“As a government, we have the duty to protect Italians. So for this reason, after alerting the British government, together with the Health Ministry we are about to sign an order to suspend flights with Great Britain,”