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EU clears Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for first inoculations Europe s medicines regulator on Monday approved the use of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S. company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech, putting the EU on course to start inoculations just after Christmas.
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AMSTERDAM -The European Union geared up to launch mass vaccinations against COVID-19 just after Christmas after the shot developed by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech cleared regulatory hurdles on Monday.
New Covid-19 strain: Full list of countries that have banned flights, travel
Agencies/Paris Filed on December 21, 2020 | Last updated on December 22, 2020 at 10.54 am
A traveller wearing a face mask checks the flight departures at Schiphol Airport, near Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Netherlands joined many countries that banned flights from the UK for the rest of the year in an attempt to make sure that a new strain of the Covid-19 virus in Britain does not reach its shores. AP
Here are the list of the countries that announced a ban on flights and travellers from the UK in the wake of a new coronavirus strain.
Canada halts flights to UK after surge in newly mutated coronavirus variant
Canada halts flights to UK after surge in newly mutated coronavirus variant
Canada has stopped all the commercial passengers and private flights to the United Kingdom as the country has reported a surge in the new strain of the novel coronavirus.
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Canadian PM Justin Trudeau (Photo: AP)
Canada has stopped all the commercial passengers and private flights to the United Kingdom as the country has reported a surge in the new strain of the novel coronavirus. Meanwhile, Congress in India, too, has demanded that all the flights to the UK be suspended.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal urges Centre to ban flights from UK after surge in newly mutated coronavirus
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday urged the central government to ban all flights from the UK after a new strain of coronavirus emerged in the country.
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday urged the Centre to ban all flights from the UK after a new strain of coronavirus emerged in the country.
Kejriwal tweeted:
New mutation of corona virus has emerged in UK, which is a super-spreader.
I urge central govt to ban all flights from UK immediately. Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 21, 2020
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More than 40 countries have suspended travel from Britain in a bid to contain a fast-spreading new strain of the coronavirus.
Scotland had already closed its border with the rest of the United Kingdom.
Here are some of travel bans announced so far.
France
France has halted all travel from Britain for 48 hours, including anyone transporting goods by road, air, sea or rail.
Paris and London are in talks over testing at ports to reopen the border, British Home Secretary Priti Patel said.
Germany
Germany is extending a ban on all arrivals from the UK and South Africa where the new strain has also appeared until January 6.