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Germany plans to impose restrictions on flights to and from South Africa and the United Kingdom after the two countries reported identifying a new strain of coronavirus, a government spokesman said on Sunday.
He said the government was working on new travel rules and was in contact with partners in the European Union.
El Salvador has also banned travelers who have been to the United Kingdom or South Africa in the past 30 days or whose flights included a stopover in those countries, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said on Sunday.
Bukele made the announcement on Twitter, linking to a story about how European countries had closed their borders to Britain due to the emergence of a new strain of coronavirus there, which officials say is more transmissible than the original.
SA has also identified a new variant of the virus, which has also prompted planned travel restrictions.
London and south-east England may remain under tighter restrictions for some time to stop the rapidly spreading new strain of coronavirus, Britain’s health minister suggested on Sunday, as Covid-19 cases spiked by a number. record for one day.
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