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“For anyone that is a resident of Ireland that was in the UK, maybe working there short-term or people that were transiting through the UK home then we will be facilitating these people to come home,” she said.
His department have set up an emergency assistance line at 01 613 1700 and Mr Coveney said teams are working there to answer questions of worried Irish residents currently stuck in the UK.
Mr Coveney also said the department of Transport has been liaising with airlines to make available a “limited number of flights” to bring Irish residents home. People who have been in the UK temporarily that need to get home to their families for Christmas. They will be facilitated with a limited number of flights today and Tuesday. You’re talking about two or three flights at most today and tomorrow. Anybody else coming to Ireland has to be in the category of an essential worker to do that.
Kuwait bans flights from UK following discovery of new COVID-19 strain
Sunday, following the announcement of a new COVID-19 strain in the UK, the Kuwaiti Civil Aviation Authority announced a ban on flights coming from the UK, in addition to high risk European countries.
The Kuwaiti Civil Aviation Authority stated that the decision to ban flights coming from the United Kingdom was taken based on the instructions of the health authorities.
The Kuwaiti decision comes as many countries around the world revealed preventive measures they will take, against the backdrop of British Health Minister Matt Hancock s announcement Sunday, that the new strain of the COVID-19 is out of control.
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