more and more countries are applying
travel bans with the uk
after it reported a more infectious and
out of control variant of coronavirus
denmark italy and the netherlands have
already also detected the new variant
eu ambassadors will meet for emergency
talks later to agree a common strategy
france has banned arrivals from the uk
by most roots and
including some freight other countries
stopping flights from the uk include
ireland italy the netherlands belgium
germany canada turkey and hong kong the
british prime minister is also due to
chair and emergency meeting
to address the country's growing
isolation mark lebel reports
lorries isolated passengers grounded
many in the uk now stuck as european
nations try to protect themselves
from this fast spreading kovid 19
variant
the netherlands was the first to ban all
passenger flights from the uk
until the 1st of january and now ferry
passengers too
belgium has suspended flights and train
arrivals from the uk
for 24 hours ireland's announced a
48-hour ban on flights arriving from the
uk
france has suspended all travel links
that's air sea rail or road
for 48 hours including freight
germany has banned planes landing from
the uk
as has switzerland the czech republic
and bulgaria until the 31st of january
in a breathless and ever-growing list
turkey has two
as well as banning flights from denmark
the netherlands and south africa
for the travel industry this is
devastating
the uk government has got to build
confidence
not just with these countries our
neighbors but also with the traveling
public and indeed the travel industry
in madrid where they're strengthening
tests at this
airport for uk arrivals there's concern
i was really scared because i thought
they might cancel my flight this week
so bought the last seat on this flight
to manchester
some city warned us that flights from
london and
all the south were being cancelled and
we were worried that it might affect our
trip
it's just a shame that it's happened
over christmas you know it's such a
shame that
we can't go and see family especially
over christmas time
further afield kuwait has banned flights
arriving from the united kingdom
as has canada since the new virus
variant was detected here in the uk in
september
it has also been detected in the
netherlands denmark
italy and australia this all comes at a
bad
time not just for britain days away from
the end of its transition period with
the eu
but for the wider world days after
getting on the front foot
with a vaccine rollout now days later
battling to contain
this sting in the tail mark lobel
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