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Prime Minister English Boris Johnson will chair an emergency meeting on Monday, as more countries block flights due to a new type of mutation. corona virus Over there.
A spokesperson said Boris held an emergency committee meeting of the Cabinet Office Information Room (COBR) in London to “discuss the situation regarding international travel, in particular the steady flow of cargo to and from Great Britain. Brittany.
Reported AFP, more than a dozen European countries have banned flights and tourists from the UK.
Hong Kong’s health authority also said it would also ban British flight routes from Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Netherlands said that passengers arriving from the UK by ferries will be denied entry.
“Across Europe, where transmission is intense and widespread, countries must redouble their prevention and control approaches,” said a spokesman for the World Health Organization (WHO). AFP.
A German government source said restrictions on air travel from the UK could be adopted by all 27 members of the European Union and the EU also discussed a joint response to restrictions on travel by sea, road and rail.
The French presidency said that President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and EU heads Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel held a virtual conference on Sunday on the issue.
Then on Sunday night, the United States also banned flights from Britain. Canada, Chile and Argentina are doing the same.
Meanwhile, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he believed the 14-day quarantine rule was enough to deal with the threat.
Canada and India have also participated in the ban on flights from the UK.
German Health Minister Jens Spahn said that despite concerns about the new coronavirus strain, EU experts believe it will have no impact on the effectiveness of existing vaccines.
Meanwhile, Boris said that the transmission of a new strain of Covid-19 had forced him toemergency shutdown most of the UK during the Christmas period.
“Unfortunately the new strain is out of control. We have to get it under control,” said UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock. Sky News.
Earlier, the British government health adviser said that the new mutation variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 that is spreading in the country has a higher transmission rate.
The findings are based on preliminary modeling data and a dramatically increasing incidence rate in southern England.
“We have alerted the World Health Organization and we continue to analyze the available data to improve our understanding,” British Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said in a statement. Associated Press.
However, according to Whitty, there is currently no evidence that the new mutation variant is more lethal or may affect vaccines and treatments.
Boris previously announced that preliminary data showed that the virus circulating in London and south-east England was up to 70 percent more infectious.
The new variant of the coronavirus was first announced by the UK health minister earlier this week. At the time, he said the new mutation was believed to be related to the rapid increase in Covid-19 cases in the south and southeast of England.
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