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More countries are closing flights to Britain due to a new strain of coronavirus (Photo: REUTERS / Remo Casilli)
The EU is going to ban passenger traffic by air, by train and also to close the entrance to the British through the Channel Tunnel. Details of the country’s restrictions will be agreed early next week.
It is known that on the morning of Monday, December 21, representatives of the EU member states will discuss joint measures to respond to the appearance and spread of a new type of coronavirus, whose outbreak is likely in the United Kingdom.
“Presidency Germany in the EU Council invited the EU member states to an urgent meeting of the IPCR crisis mechanism [The integrated political crisis response] tomorrow morning at 11:00 [12:00 по Киеву]… On the agenda: EU coordination on the response to the recently detected COVID-19 strain in the UK, ”wrote a spokesperson for the Permanent Representatives Committee. (Coreper) Sebastian Fischer, EU countries, on Twitter.
World Health Organization (TRAIN) At the same time, he urged European countries to strengthen restrictive measures in relation to the spread of a new strain of coronavirus in the UK, reports DW.
“In throughout Europe, where the transmission of the virus is intense and widespread, countries must redouble their efforts to control and prevent, ”said WHO.
Remember that today several European countries have already decided to ban air traffic with Great Britain for various periods. Among them are Austria, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium.
A new strain of coronavirus has already been found in the Netherlands, Denmark, and Australia. A previously mutated virus was also found in South Africa.
On December 14, a new strain of coronavirus was registered in the UK and more than a thousand cases of infection were reported in 60 regions.
In the context of the spread of a new strain of coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that a lockdown will be introduced in London and south-east England from December 20. He argued that a new mutation in the virus could be 70% more infectious.
WHO says they are now in close contact with UK officials about the new mutation of the virus. The organization added that the new strain of the virus is not necessarily more infectious or dangerous.
