Covid 19 coronavirus: China joins the list of countries to suspend flights to the UK

China will suspend flights to and from the UK, joining a growing list of countries that have instituted travel bans, in light of a new variant of the coronavirus, its Foreign Ministry announced.

He did not offer details on when the flights would stop. On Tuesday, the China Visa Application Service Center in London said it will suspend its operation until further notice.

Non-Chinese passport holders from the UK were already banned from traveling to China in November, the AP said.

Reuters informed Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin: “China will closely monitor relevant developments and dynamically adjust control measures depending on the situation.”

Countries around the world are closing their borders to Great Britain after the emergence of a highly infectious new strain of coronavirus.

There are currently eight weekly flights between mainland China and Britain, according to aviation data provider Variflight, including one from Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines.

British Airways operates two flights a week from London to Shanghai, according to Reuters.