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Chancellor Luigi Di Maio announced on Facebook that Italy will suspend flights to and from the UK, to prevent the spread of a new variant of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that has become common in England. The spread of this variant of the virus, which does not cause symptoms other than those already known but seems more contagious, has led the British government to impose new blocking measures in London and in some regions of England.
Other European countries have also suspended flights from the UK. The Netherlands did so a few hours after the speech delivered yesterday by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in which he spoke about the variant of the virus when announcing the new blockade, and the measure will be in effect at least until January 1. Belgium has adopted a similar measure, which also refers to rail connections, which last 24 hours, as a precautionary measure; Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said further measures would be considered if necessary.
Flights are also blocked in Germany: a government source told the news agency German press agency (DPA). The same would be happening in France, a government source of the newspaper The parisian said a measure is being discussed “at the European level” – and in Austria, the Health Ministry told the news agency Austrian Press Agency (WHAT).
A spokesman for the European division of the World Health Organization (WHO) said ad French Media Agency that the agency has asked European countries to strengthen measures against the coronavirus to limit the spread of the new variant. In addition to the United Kingdom, it has also been found in Denmark (9 cases), the Netherlands (1 case) and Australia (1 case), according to WHO data.
The new variant of the coronavirus has several mutations in the best known form, it is spreading faster where it is present, but it is not believed to be more dangerous. According to the first scientific evidence, on which other studies will be necessary, it seems more contagious. But nothing indicates that it will react differently to vaccines. Other variants of the coronavirus were already known even before the one that spread to the United Kingdom.
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