Saudi halts int l flights over fears of new Covid-19 strain
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Riyadh, Dec 21 : Saudi Arabia has halted all international flights for a week amid fears over a highly infectious new mutant strain of the novel coronavirus which has been discovered in Britain, an Interior Ministry source has confirmed.
The ban, which came into effect on Sunday, also applies to entry of passengers to the Kingdom through land and sea ports, Gulf News quoted the source as saying. These procedures will be reviewed in light of the developments related to the pandemic, and what is received from the Ministry of Health, the source said in a statement.
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Austria announced on Sunday it will ban flights from Britain after the emergence of a new and more transmissible strain of COVID-19 there. According to local media, details on when the ban will come into force as well as how long it will last for are still unavailable. Austria made the decision after a number of European countries have taken similar steps as a reaction to the situation in England. Earlier on Sunday, British Health Secretary Matt Hancock raised the prospect that London could be under lockdown for months as it would be very difficult to keep a virulent new strain of the coronavirus under control until vaccinations are rolled out.