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Many Nations Close Borders to British Travelers over Fears of New Coronavirus Strain By Gerhard Mey and Ben Makori | December 21, 2020 DOVER, England – A slew of countries closed their borders to Britain on Monday over fears of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, heightening global panic, causing travel chaos and raising the prospect of UK food shortages days before the Brexit cliff edge. India, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Russia, Jordan and Hong Ko...

WRAPUP 5-Britain faces isolation as world tightens borders to keep out new coronavirus strain Reuters 12/21/2020 (adds UK adviser, truckers, no progress on trade talks, BA testing) * Nations ban travel from UK over infectious new strain * UK supermarkets warn 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 ...

news International alarm grows over new Covid variant © EPA Much of Europe has banned UK travellers along with others around the world There is growing international alarm over a new variant of the coronavirus in the UK, with a host of countries imposing travel bans. More than 40 countries have barred UK arrivals, as the EU held talks on forming a common policy. Sweden banned foreign travellers from Denmark after cases of the variant were discovered there. The new strain is more transmissibl...

New Covid strain: UK faces isolation as world tightens borders to keep virus out Reuters/Dover, England Filed on December 21, 2020 | Last updated on March 19, 2021 at 03.28 pm A passenger pushes a trolley at an almost empty British Airways check-in passengers area at the International Airport of Santiago. (Reuters) Experts warned the strain may already be circulating in countries with less advanced detection methods than the UK. Countries across the globe shut their borders to Britain o...

Britain faces isolation as world tightens borders to keep out new coronavirus strain By Gerhard Mey and Ben Makori St Pancras International station in London 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, Swede...

Santa Claus has left 75 care home residents and staff infected with Covid-19 in Belgium. Sinterklaas and his helpers in black face known as Zwarte Piet (Black Pete) were welcomed in to spread Christmas cheer among the 150 residents. But Santa has been blamed for superspreading the deadly virus to 61 elderly residents and another 14 staff at the Hemelrijck care home in Mol, Antwerp, last week. At least one of the residents has been treated with oxygen.  The Father Christmas fell ill and tested...