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Travel to the UK from a host of South American countries has been blocked by the government following the identification of a new Brazilian-based variant of coronavirus. Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, said he was taking the “urgent decision” – which also suspends arrivals from Portugal “given its strong travel links with Brazil”. The variant was first detected in four people who had travelled from Brazil’s Amazonas state to Tokyo earlier.