🔴 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
🗓️ Here's how the new Covid strain spread:
1️⃣ November 11th
A week into England's nation lockdown, cases are still high in London and the South East
In the run-up to Christmas, case numbers go from bad to worse and - despite the good news on vaccines - British scientists are on the verge of announcing the discovery of a new strain of #Covid19
A Sage expert said that the new variant of #Covid19 could become the dominant global strain, as it has an "evolutionary advantage in transmitting more quickly" telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…
Eurotunnel have said they hope that travel between the UK and France will restart from Wednesday or Thursday, if a solution is agreed in the next day telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/12/2…
🚨Peru bans UK and European arrivals
Peru has not only suspended flights to and from UK, but expanded this to include the entirety of Europe
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.
Watch it live here 👇and follow this thread for the latest updates
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