With the new covid-19 variant discovered in the UK and the next blockade imposed through Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday, European countries are starting to block all arrivals from the UK through exercise and plane.
The Netherlands were the first to act, with a message from the Dutch Ministry of Health saying: “An infectious mutation of the Covid-19 virus is circulating in the UK. It is said to spread more smoothly and quickly and is more difficult to detect. “
As reported via thejournal. ie, the Dutch ministry added that it “recommends that any advent of this viral strain from the UK be limited as much as can be imagined by restricting and / or controlling passenger movements. ” Therefore, the Netherlands has banned all flights from the UK. UK and the Eurostar train: The country has been subjected to a strict five-week lockdown until mid-January 2021.
Shortly the following, AFP reported that Belgium had suspended all flights and trains from the United Kingdom from Saturday 19 December to 1 January 2021.
On Sunday, 20 December, the French government announced that it would review the stage and take a resolution within the day on whether it would also ban all arrivals in the UK. BFM TV reported that France was awaiting a coordinated resolution across the EU.
Germany is also contemplating the same thing: the government has put the country under strict blockade at Christmas and said Sunday that it “seriously contemplates” banning all flights to and from the UK.
Hours later, Italy announced that it would ban flights from the UK.