Sweden bans entry from Denmark over new Covid-19 variant
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Tue, Dec 22 2020 11:21 IST |
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Stockholm, Dec 22 : The Swedish government has announced that it was banning the entry of travellers from neighbouring Denmark after the country reported a new and more infectious mutant variant of the novel coronavirus which was first found in the UK.
On Sunday, Sweden suspended travel links with the UK, just hours after British Health Secretary Matt Hancock s warned that the new strain was out of control , reports Xinhua news agency.
The Denmark ban on Monday was announced at a joint press conference held by Sweden s Home Affairs Minister Mikael Damberg, Foreign Minister Ann Linde, and the Public Health Agency s Director-General Johan Carlson.
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