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The new coronavirus variant discovered in Great Britain has also been identified in Denmark and Australia, as well as the Netherlands, the WHO told the BBC.
British Health Minister Matt Hancock told Sky News that the new variant identified in UK is ‘out of control’. “We have acted decisively and very quickly. Unfortunately, the new variant is out of control. We have to control it.”
The Dutch government has suspended all passenger flights from the UK until January 1., after the discovery in the Netherlands of a case of contamination with a new British variant of the coronavirus. The Dutch Ministry of Health “recommends that any introduction of this variant of the virus be limited as much as possible, limiting and controlling the movement of passengers arriving from the UK.” Germany could also suspend flights from the UK and South Africa for fear of the virus spreading. sources of the Berlin government report. In the same direction France, Bfmtv reports, adding that an official decision will be made today.
And the same decision reaches Italy: Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said that our country ‘suspends flights with Great Britain’. “The United Kingdom has raised the alarm about a new form of Covid that would be the result of a mutation of the virus. As a government we have a duty to protect Italians, for this reason, after having notified the British government, with the Ministry of Health we are about to sign the measure to suspend flights with Great Britain. Our priority is to protect Italy and our compatriots, “the minister announced on Facebook.
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