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Great Britain is considered a state with a higher risk of infection. The Ministry of Health increases security.
Following the discovery of a new variant of the corona virus in Britain, Austria also wants to impose a landing ban for flights from Britain. The Health Ministry announced this to the APA on Sunday. Details are currently being worked out, he said. The Netherlands had previously banned flights from Great Britain, and Belgium also cut transport connections with the UK.
The Vienna Ministry of Health emphasized that there are currently strict requirements: Britain is seen as a state with a higher risk of infection, so there is a quarantine requirement for travelers. A free ten-day quarantine trial is possible after at least the fifth day.
Early Sunday morning, the Netherlands imposed a ban on air travel with UK passengers until 1 January. At Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport, connections to and from London were canceled on Sunday, as the international airport announced on its website on Sunday. Schiphol is an important center of Western Europe.
The Dutch government justified its move with a recommendation from the RIVM Institute for the Environment and Health to limit the introduction of this UK strain of virus as much as possible by restricting or controlling travel movements from the UK as much as possible.
A virus with the variant described in the UK had already been identified in a random sample in the Netherlands in early December, he said. Following the report from Great Britain, this case will be investigated and further examined who was affected, how the infection occurred, and whether related cases are known.
Belgium also cuts ties
Belgium will also cut flight and train connections from Britain starting at midnight, a government representative in Brussels announced on Sunday. Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said on VRT television channel that the suspension of flight and train connections would apply for at least 24 hours. A similar step is being considered in Germany.
Due to the rapid spread of a new variant of the corona virus in Britain, the British government had imposed a new closure for the capital London, among other places. The recently discovered variant is up to 70 percent more contagious than the previously known form, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday. But there is no evidence that vaccines against the mutation are less effective.
(APA / dpa / AFP)
