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Cargo trucks waiting before arriving in France through the Channel Tunnel in Folkestone, UK due to the influence of the new corona virus strain on December 20, 2020 – Photo: REUTERS
Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium suspended all flights and transfers to or from the UK. The European Union (EU) will meet on the morning of December 21 to discuss coordinated actions to address the situation.
Theo BBC, Hours after Britain announced the blockade of London and parts of England, Wales, the Netherlands said it would ban all passenger flights from the UK from 6pm Sunday to January 1.
Belgium stops all UK flights and trains for at least 24 hours, starting at midnight on December 20, and authorities will consider whether further action should be taken.
Germany banned passenger flights from the UK after midnight on December 20. France suspended all traffic with the UK for 48 hours, starting at midnight. The Irish government bans flights from the UK for at least 48 hours, starting at 20-12 midnight, and recommends that people in the UK, regardless of nationality, do not arrive in Ireland by air or sea. .
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio wrote on his personal Facebook page that the government was preparing to sign orders to suspend all flights arriving from the UK. Italy has discovered the case of a patient with a new variant who is currently in quarantine in Rome.
Austria is expected to ban flights to and from the UK, and is working on a detailed ban. Bulgaria has also banned flights to and from the UK from midnight, but unlike short-term measures taken by other countries, Bulgaria will ban until January 31.
A new variant of the corona virus that causes acute respiratory infections, COVID-19, has spread rapidly in London and south-east England.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson introduced stricter restrictions in these areas on December 20 and announced that he would not ease the planned restrictions before Christmas because the situation was out of control of the epidemic. The British Prime Minister has warned that the new strain of the virus is 70% more infectious.
The new virus strain, called VUI-202012/01, is a variant with 23 genetic changes. The strain may appear for the first time in London or Kent, a county located in southeast London, as early as September, UK health officials said.
This new strain is associated with more than 50% of new infections in London and the south-east of England. This may be the reason why these regions saw a soaring increase in hospital admissions for COVID-19 in recent times, forcing authorities to impose stricter controls on the situation. However, the new virus has also been detected in many other places in England, including Scotland and Wales.
Regarding the danger level of VUI-202012/0, Professor Chris Whitty, UK Government Senior Health Adviser, said that so far, there is no evidence that this new strain of virus is more dangerous. or increased resistance to COVID-19 treatments.
There is currently no evidence that newly distributed vaccines are ineffective for VUI-202012/0. However, to draw accurate conclusions, research evidence is needed.
