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The suspension of flights will take effect from Sunday at 6:00 pm (05:00 GMT) until January 1.
The decision comes just hours after the British government announced the re-imposition of a stone in London and the south-east of England, in an attempt to stop another wave of infections attributed to a new strain of the Corona virus.
In context, the Dutch Health Ministry said in a statement that “an infectious strain of the Covid-19 virus is spreading in the UK. It is believed to spread more easily, faster and difficult to detect.”
The statement stated that the Dutch Public Health Authority “recommends that any entry to this strain of the UK virus be limited as much as possible by restricting and / or controlling the movement of passengers from the UK.”
The statement said that the Council of Ministers headed by Mark Rutte made a “preventive decision” to ban flights from the UK, adding that the issue of travel by other means of transport is still under discussion.
Rutte asked Dutch citizens to avoid travel unless absolutely necessary.
The Health Ministry statement said: “Over the next few days, (the Dutch government) will discuss with other member states of the European Union the possibilities of reducing the risk of transmission of the new strain of virus from the UK.
The Netherlands is currently imposing a five-week shutdown until mid-January, with the closure of schools and non-essential shops, in order to slow the spread of the virus.
The Health Ministry stated that “a study of an infection in the Netherlands in early December revealed a virus identical to the (new) strain in the UK”.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said during a press conference yesterday that the spread of the new Corona virus in the UK has increased as a result of a new strain of it that “spreads much more easily”, but added: ” There is no indication that it is more deadly or causes more serious symptoms “or reduces the effectiveness of vaccines.
Residents of the capital and the south-east of England are currently subject to strict restrictions, according to which bars, restaurants and museums were closed last weekend, and will be placed under a new alert level, which is the fourth and highest . They will be asked to stay home until December 30 at the earliest.
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