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  • Countries suspending air traffic with UK over new coronavirus strain
  • Countries suspending air traffic with UK over new coronavirus strain
WorldPosted at: Dec 21 2020 4:13AM


Saudi Arabia closes borders for one week over new coronavirus strain: Reports

CAIRO, Dec 21 (Sputnik) Saudi Arabia is closing its land borders and suspending international flights for one week following the discovery of a new coronavirus strain in the United Kingdom, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reports citing an internal ministry source.
The source said that the new ban could be extended for an additional week.
All people who have arrived in Saudi Arabia from European countries, as well as other states where the new coronavirus strain has emerged, will have to self-isolate at home for two weeks. Those who have visited these countries in the past three months will need to get tested for COVID-19, according to SPA.
On Saturday, the UK government practically locked down parts of the country, including London, after admitting that more than half of all new COVID-19 cases had been caused by a mutated coronavirus strain that can transmit up to 70-percent faster. As UK citizens rushed out of the locked down areas ahead of Christmas, many countries chose to close borders with the whole of the United Kingdom in a bid to prevent the import of the new strain.
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