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After an alarming outbreak of a mutant coronavirus, multiple countries have canceled flights from the United Kingdom. According to Business Insider, the move was prompted by fears around the new variant of COVID-19. The mutant coronavirus is believed to be up to 70% more transmissible than the original strain. In order to stop its spread, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that London and surrounding areas would suddenly be plunged into lockdown. Dutch authorities confirmed at least one case of this COVID-19 variant had reached the Netherlands. Flights from the UK to The Netherlands are canceled until January 1st, as are those to Belgium. On Sunday afternoon, Italian foreign minister Luigi di Maio said that the government would be suspending all travel from the UK.
British Transport Minister Grant Shapps says that Britain is willing to step in to host the Champions League football final, after the government placed Turkey on a coronavirus travel red list. SOUNDBITE
London (UK), Jan 15 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Neil Hall).- The detection of a new variant of the coronavirus in Brazil has led the UK to ban the arrivals of travellers from South America and Portugal, while the British government is trying to speed up its vaccine program.FOOTAGE OF HEATHROW AIRPORT IN LONDON.
Jakarta, Dec 29 (EFE/EPA).- Indonesia has recorded over seven hundred thousand cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. The Indonesian government will close its borders to all foreign visitors from January 1 to January 14 2021 as a measure to tackle the spread of the disease. (Camera: BAGUS INDAHONO)SHOT LIST: HEALTHCARE WORKERS COLLECT SWAB SAMPLES AT SENEN TRAIN STATION IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in crisis talks Monday, amid an EU ban on UK travel and goods, and the continued breakdown in Brexit talks. The Channel Tunnel was shut for the first time in 12 years, leaving up to 10,000 lorries carrying goods stranded, and British supermarkets concerned about panic-buying. Britain’s daily Coronavirus cases neared 36,000 on Sunday, almost double the previous week, with reported deaths now at 67,500. FRANCE 24 correspondent Benedicte Paviot reports the latest.
Thousands of traumatised Syrians leave the rebel enclave of Aleppo as the UN Security Council votes to deploy observers to the battered city to monitor the evacuations.
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