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Added on the 11/01/2021 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, says that travel to countries in southern Africa should be suspended immediately to slow the spread of the the new Covid-19 variant of concern. She also recommends the implementation of strict quarantine for travelers from affected countries and notes that the EU's contracts with the manufacturers of coronavirus vaccines requires the vaccines to be adapted to new variants 'immediately'. SOUNDBITE
An Air France plane takes off for New York takes off from Roissy airport, near Paris. The United States has lifted access restrictions for people vaccinated against Covid. IMAGES
Scene from Berlin airport after Germany decides to restrict air travel from the UK, in bid to fight new strain of Covid-19. Countries around the world have begun banning flights and travellers from Britain as London said the spread of a more-infectious new coronavirus strain was now "out of control". IMAGES
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta announces that international flights will resume on August 1 as part of a gradual lifting of restrictions to fight the coronavirus pandemic. SOUNDBITE
Images of Dulles International Airport after US President Donald Trump's decision to impose a 30-day ban on travel from mainland Europe over the coronavirus pandemic that sent markets into a tailspin and sparked panic among stranded travellers. IMAGES
A Russian passenger plane overshoots the runway, crashes into a building and catches fire at an airport in Siberia, killing two crew members. IMAGES
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