Five more countries closed the skies with Great Britain

Fully international traffic was suspended for a week by the government of Saudi Arabia.

The authorities of Estonia, Israel, Turkey, the Czech Republic and Switzerland have suspended flights with the United Kingdom due to a new mutation of the coronavirus found in it. This was announced on Sunday, December 20, by the government services of the aforementioned countries.

According to the Estonian government press service, the Estonian authorities decided to take precautionary measures and suspend flights with Great Britain for 10 days, until December 31.

At the same time, the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic reported that the republic also suspends the reception of flights from the UK.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in Twitterthat the Jewish state has closed the skies to all flights from the United Kingdom, Denmark and South Africa, countries where cases of a new type of coronavirus have been registered.

At the same time, the head of the Israeli government stressed that this list could be expanded.

In turn, the head of the Turkish Ministry of Health, Fahrettin Koca, wrote in Twitterthat, on behalf of the President, it was decided to temporarily suspend flights from the United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands and South Africa.

Likewise, the Swiss Federal Civil Aviation Administration reported on the closure of flights with Great Britain and South Africa for an indefinite period.

In addition, the Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry said they would completely suspend international traffic for a week, except in special cases, due to the detection of a coronavirus mutation in several countries.

Recall, previously the authorities of Germany and France announced the closure of flights with Great Britain. Berlin has imposed a 10-day ban, while Paris has imposed a 48-hour ban.

As reported, a case of mutant coronavirus was also detected in Italy. A citizen of the country recently returned from the island state.

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