Belgium to block travellers from UK for 24 hours from midnight
From CNN’s James Frater
Belgium is the latest European country to block travelers from the United Kingdom due to a new coronavirus variant.
From Monday, flights and trains from the UK will be blocked for a 24-hour period, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said Sunday morning.
As a precautionary measure, we have decided to stop flights from the UK from midnight for a period of 24 hours, and just as importantly for our country, to do the same for the Eurostar (train) because that s actually the main way that people from the UK come into our country,” he said, speaking to CNN affiliate VRT s Sunday morning news program De Zevende Dag.
New Covid strain ‘out of control’
Says Britain; European nations started banning UK flights
Passengers wearing face masks stand at the Zaventem International Airport as Belgium eases restrictions aimed to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, near Brussels, Belgium June 15, 2020. Photo: Reuters Agencies Agencies
European countries started banning flights coming from the UK yesterday as government in London warned that a potent new strain of the virus was out of control .
Following the example of the Netherlands, where a ban on all UK passenger flights came into effect yesterday, a German government source said Berlin, too, was considering a similar move as a serious option for flights from both Britain and South Africa.
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