STAY HOME AND STAY CALM: The new variant and curbs in Britain compound the chaos as the nation prepares to finally part ways with the EU, possibly without a trade deal, at 2300 GMT on December 31
A slew of countries closed their borders to Britain on Monday over fears of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, heightening global panic, causing travel chaos and raising the prospect of UK food shortages days before the Brexit cliff edge.
India, Pakistan, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, Jordan and Hong Kong suspended travel for Britons after PM Boris Johnson warned a mutated variant of the virus, up to 70% more transmissible, had been identified in the country. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman closed their borders completely. Several other nations blocked travel from Britain over the weekend, including France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Ireland, Belgium and Canada — although experts said the strain may already be circulating in countries with less advanced detection methods than the UK. The discovery of the new strain came just months before vaccines are expected to be widely available, sowed fresh panic in a pandemic that has killed about 1.7 million people worldwide and over 67,000 in Britain.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo urged the US government to take steps to prevent the new strain entering the country, which has been worst hit by Covid-19 with almost 3,18,000 deaths. “It’s high time the federal government takes swift action, because today that variant is getting on a plane and landing in JFK, and all it takes is one person,” he said. US assistant health secretary Brett Giroir said nothing had yet been decided.
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This story is from the December 22, 2020 edition of The Times of India Hyderabad.
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