Romania to suspend flights to and from Britain due to new COVID-19 strain africaleader.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from africaleader.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
TORONTO Lockdowns have been initiated in the United Kingdom, as Canada as well as several European Union countries cancel flights after information was revealed about a new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19. Researchers are rigorously examining how the mutations arose, what it means for vaccines, and updating their understanding of the virus.
In a tweet, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Sunday evening that Canada would be restricting flights from the U.K. for at least 72 hours. This afternoon, I convened a meeting with the Incident Response Group. We focused on the new variant of COVID-19 identified in the UK, and we have decided to implement new border restrictions in order to keep you - and people right across the country - safe, the prime minister wrote on Twitter.
Authorities in London battling to bring virus under control britainnews.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from britainnews.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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File photo: German Air Force Airbus A310 “Kurt Schumacher” lands at Frankfurt am Main’s airport, western Germany, with on board German citizens who have been evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan, epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak on February 1, 2020. Thomas Lohnes / AFP
Germany is considering banning flights from Britain and South Africa to prevent the spread of new, more infectious coronavirus strain circulating in the two countries, a source close to the German health ministry told AFP on Sunday.
Following the example of the Netherlands, where a ban on all passenger flights from the UK came into effect on Sunday, the German government was considering a similar move as “a serious option” for flights from both Britain and South Africa, the source said.