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December 22, 2020 Share Post DOVER, England (Reuters) – Countries across the globe shut their borders to Britain on Monday due to fears about a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, causing travel chaos and raising the prospect of food shortages days before Britain is set to leave the European Union. India, Pakistan, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, Jordan and Hong Kong suspended travel for Britons after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a mutated variant of the virus had been ...

A HOST of countries have closed their borders to Britain over fears of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain in moves which have sparked travel chaos and raised the prospect of UK food shortages days before the Brexit cliff edge. Reports yesterday afternoon said that the whole of the EU was now not allowing travel from the UK, however these were not confirmed as we went to press. As the crisis began to escalate on Sunday, France blocked all freight lorries from crossing the Channel, ...

New corona variant shuts UK Top Story December 22, 2020 LONDON: Countries across the globe shut their borders to Britain on Monday due to fears about a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, causing travel chaos and raising the prospect of food shortages days before Britain is set to leave the European Union. Pakistan, India, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, Jordan and Hong Kong suspended travel for Britons after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a mutated variant of the virus h...

BBC News Published media caption1,500 lorries stuck in Kent as France remains closed The EUs executive branch, the European Commission, has called on member states to lift travel bans imposed against the UK amid fears of a new Covid strain. The non-binding recommendation was put forward ahead of a meeting of ambassadors from the 27-member bloc. But with EU countries free to set their own rules on border controls they may continue with their own policies. Thousands of lorries have become stuck,...

Britain faces isolation as world tightens borders to keep out new COVID-19 strain Toggle share menu Advertisement Britain faces isolation as world tightens borders to keep out new COVID-19 strain Travellers walk through St Pancras International, as EU countries impose a travel ban from the UK following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, Dec 21, 2020. (Photo: REUTERS/Hannah McKay) 22 Dec 2020 04:07AM (Updated: 22 Dec 2020 04:12AM) ...

Gerhard Mey, Ben Makori 7 分钟阅读 (Adds experts examining how vaccines work on new strain, unconfirmed evidence it could transmit as easily among children) * Nations ban travel from UK over infectious new strain * UK supermarket Sainsbury’s warns of some food shortages * Sterling, stocks and bond yields tumble * Chaos comes as Britain due to exit EU’s orbit on Dec. 31 * EU regulator approves use of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine * U.S. Congress poised to vote on $900 billion stimulus DOVER, E...

  >>  Reuters Published: 21 Dec 2020 09:39 PM BdST Updated: 21 Dec 2020 10:21 PM BdST People queue outside a Waitrose supermarket amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain December 20, 2020 in this picture obtained from social media. Kathryn Hunter/via REUTERS Flights from Britain are announced cancelled at Cointrin airport, the day the Swiss g...

22 Dec 2020 / 00:58 H. (Adds experts examining how vaccines work on new strain, unconfirmed evidence it could transmit as easily among children) * Nations ban travel from UK over infectious new strain * UK supermarket Sainsburys warns of some food shortages * Sterling, stocks and bond yields tumble * Chaos comes as Britain due to exit EUs orbit on Dec. 31 * EU regulator approves use of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine * U.S. Congress poised to vote on $900 billion stimulus By Gerhard Mey and Ben Makori...

* Nations ban travel from UK over infectious new strain * UK supermarket Sainsburys warns of some food shortages * Sterling, stocks and bond yields tumble * Chaos comes as Britain due to exit EUs orbit on Dec. 31 * EU regulator approves use of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine * U.S. Congress poised to vote on $900 billion stimulus By Gerhard Mey and Ben Makori DOVER, England, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Several countries closed their borders to Britain on Monday over fears of a highly infectious new coronavirus ...

New coronavirus strain detected around the globe, from Gibraltar to Australia Scientists say variant may already be circulating in countries with less advanced detection methods than Britain Medical staff attend a mass beneath a cross outside the Tor Vergata hospital in Rome Credit: AFP Cases of the new coronavirus variant were detected around the world on Monday, from Italy and Gibraltar to Denmark and Australia. Calum Semple, professor of outbreak medicine at the University of Liverpool and a...