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New coronavirus strain in UK more contagious, infection severity unclear: European CDC
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WHO Urges Vigilance As New COVID-19 Variant Spreads In UK
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UK plunged into Christmas chaos with police deployed to stop people boarding packed trains, holidays abroad scrapped and Europe banning travel with the country after London went into an emergency lockdown.
In a sudden turnaround,
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson canceled plans to allow families to see each other over the festive period as the government warned that a new strain of the coronavirus is “out of control. There were scenes of panic at train stations, with people defying social-distancing rules to get out of the capital before the new rules took effect on Sunday.
More than 16 million Britons are now required to stay at home after new restrictions came into force Sunday in London and southeast England. The measures ban household mixing in the capital and the southeast, and restrict socializing to just Christmas Day across the rest of England.
Countries ban UK flights as Britain says new COVID-19 strain out of control
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European countries banned flights from the UK on Sunday and the WHO called for stronger containment measures as the British government warned that a potent new strain of the virus was “out of control”.
As the World Health Organization urged its European members to strengthen measures against a new variant of Covid-19 circulating in Britain, the Netherlands imposed a ban on UK flights from 6:00 am (0500 GMT) on Sunday and Belgium said it would follow suit from midnight with ban on planes and trains from the UK.
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3 Travellers walk outside of Kings Cross station as the British government imposes a stricter tiered set of restrictions amid the coronavirus disease pandemic, in London, Britain, on December 20, 2020. Reuters
London, December 21
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has warned that London could be under a lockdown for months, as it will be very difficult to keep a highly infectious mutant strain of the novel coronavirus under control until vaccinations are rolled out.
His remarks on Sunday came just hours after the new Tier Four restrictions came into force in the British capital and parts of southeast England, reports Xinhua news agency.
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