Sweden bans entry from Denmark over new Covid-19 variant
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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.
2020-12-21 22:35:20 GMT2020-12-22 06:35:20(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) Sweden on Monday announced that it s barring travelers from neighboring Denmark after the country reported a new and more infectious variant of the coronavirus first found in the UK.
The move came after Sweden suspended travel links with the UK following British Health Secretary Matt Hancock s warning that the new strain of the coronavirus is out of control there.
The ban 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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Sweden seeks new probe of Estonia ferry wreck after 25-year ban 2020-12-19 LETA/AFP/TBT Staff
Stockholm - Sweden said Friday it would seek to lift a ban on inspections of the wreck of the Estonia ferry, which sank in the Baltic Sea in 1994 with the loss of 852 lives in one of the worst maritime disasters of the 20th century.
The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority has made a request to amend a law banning dives in order to allow a re-examination the wreck after a documentary presented evidence of a previously unknown hole in the vessel. We have no plans to rescind the law on protecting the peace of the grave, but we will look into how.
Sweden said Friday it would seek to lift a ban on inspections of the wreck of the Estonia ferry, which sank in the Baltic Sea in 1994 with the loss of 852 lives in one of the worst maritime disasters of the 20th century.
The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority has made a request to amend a law banning dives in order to allow a re-examination the wreck after a documentary presented evidence of a previously unknown hole in the vessel. We have no plans to rescind the law on protecting the peace of the grave, but we will look into how the law needs to be adapted to do the surveys the accident investigation authority wants to do, Sweden s Home Affairs Minister Mikael Damberg told a press conference.