This post is taken from IZULAT blog repost here.
Recently, some countries in
the world – India, Canada, Germany, Italy, France, Netherlands, Ireland, Switzerland,
Russia, Austria, Portugal, Sweden, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Finland, Romania, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, El Salvador, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Israel,
Iran, Kuwait, Morocco. Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Oman, Luxembourg and Hong Kong –
have banned travelling to UK or United Kingdom because of the emergence of new
variant of coronavirus and some passengers were stranded.UK Prime Minister
Boris Johnson hold a press conference.
“UK
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to hold a press conference at Downing Street
later to provide updates on the response to the coronavirus pandemic. It comes
as a growing list of countries have banned arrivals from the UK because of
concerns at the spread of a new variant of coronavirus.”(BBC)
“British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair an
emergency meeting with ministers Monday after the announcement of a new
coronavirus variant prompted a chaotic border shutdown. Alarm over the new
variant, which was first identified in England, has resulted in British
travelers being cut off from much of Europe and other parts of the world as
countries imposed restrictions on travel from the UK.”(CNN)
“Worse,
the move has sparked fears that European exporters would be reluctant to send
goods to the UK, for fear of not being able to return. The timing of the
restrictions, just days before Christmas and the end of the Brexit transition
period, raised concerns about food and medicine shortages in the UK at a
critical time.”(CNN)
“In a
hastily called press conference Saturday, Johnson said the new variant appeared
to "be up to 70% more transmissible," and was responsible for a
significant rise in cases in London and southeastern England. Those areas were
placed under heightened restrictions.”(CNN)
“Outside of the UK, the new variant
has already been identified in Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands and Australia.” (CNN)
“All viruses mutate over time and new
variants are a common emergence, including for the novel coronavirus. A similar
variant to the one identified in the UK has also been identified in South
Africa, where scientists say it is spreading quickly along coastal areas of the
country.” (CNN)
The main point : Countries in the
world ban travelling to UK because of the emergence of new variant of coronavirus.
