🔴 Britain has been cut off from large parts of Europe as authorities imposed bans on passengers because of concern about the more infectious mutant coronavirus.
In the last 24 hours, more than 30 countries have announced travel bans.
Among those are Italy, Germany, France and the Netherlands, plus countries farther afield including Saudi Arabia, Colombia and Thailand telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/12/2…
Huge queues formed at Heathrow Airport as travellers rushed to avoid travel bans on arrivals from the UK.
With only days until Christmas, many hoped to avoid being stranded in the UK
Boris Johnson is expected to host a press conference at 4pm today with the Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty and Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance.
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The Prime Minister will host a last-minute press conference at 4pm with the Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty and Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance
One source has suggested that MPs are looking at locking down all transport routes in the south east of England