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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.
EU bans UK flights as Britain faces new out of control strain of coronavirus By
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
Travellers wearing protective face coverings to combat the spread of the coronavirus prepare to depart on the high-speed Eurostar service from St Pancras International railway station in London on December 20, 2020. AFP/Niklas Halle n
New strain believed to be 70% more transmissible first discovered in a patient in September
Netherlands imposes a ban on UK flights from 6am (0500 GMT) on Sunday, Belgium says it will follow suit from midnight
Germany considering similar move for flights from UK, South Africa
LONDON: Flights from the United Kingdom were banned by European countries on Sunday amid the fight by Britain against what it has termed an out of control , potent new strain of coronavirus.
France considering ban on flights, trains from the UK: Report
The Netherlands said it will ban flights carrying passengers from the United Kingdom from Sunday
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. Updated: 20 Dec 2020, 06:07 PM IST Agencies
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, scientists announced that a new strain of coronavirus identified in the country was up to 70% more infectious than the original version
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France is considering suspending flights and trains from Britain after a new coronavirus strain was detected there, BFM Television reported on Sunday.
An official decision was expected later on Sunday, BFM said without citing sources.
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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.
Alarm bells were ringing across Europe which last week became the first region in the world to pass 500,000 deaths from Covid-19 since the pandemic broke out a year ago after it appeared that a new, even more infectious strain of the virus was raging in parts of Britain.