FRANCE: More than 40 countries have suspended travel from Britain in a bid to contain a fast-spreading new strain of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Scotland had already closed its border with the rest of the United Kingdom. France has halted all travel from Britain for 48 hours, including anyone transporting goods by road, air, sea or rail. Paris and London are in talks over
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No fewer than 40 countries have suspended travel from Britain in a bid to contain a fast-spreading new strain of the coronavirus.
Among them are four African countries – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Mauritius, with Nigeria also considering to suspend travel from the UK.
The chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, at a press briefing on Monday said, “A lot of discussions is still going on around the calls for the restriction of international travels due to the discovery of new strains of the virus in certain countries.
“The protection of Nigerians remains our primary concern and we reassure Nigerians of our resolve not to relent.”
While the virus appears to transmit more easily, there is no evidence that the new variant makes people sicker or increases the risk of death, the CDC said Tuesday. The new coronavirus mutates regularly, the CDC noted, but the overwhelming majority of mutations are insignificant.
More than 40 countries, not including the U.S., have now suspended transport links with the U.K. after the new variation of the coronavirus was found. France activated a 48-hour border closure Monday, and by Tuesday morning 1,500 trucks were stuck in Kent, unable to leave the U.K., British Home Secretary Priti Patel said Tuesday.
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More than 40 countries have suspended travel from Britain in a bid to contain a fast-spreading new strain of the coronavirus.
Scotland had already closed its border with the rest of the United Kingdom.
Here are some of the travel bans announced so far.
– France –
France has halted all travel from Britain for 48 hours, including anyone transporting goods by road, air, sea or rail.
Paris and London are in talks over testing at ports to reopen the border, British Home Secretary Priti Patel said.