Canada has become the latest country to halt flights from the UK following the discovery of a new variant of Covid-19, which is said by officials to spread faster than others.
Many European countries, including France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, have also banned flights from the UK. Outside of Europe, several countries such as Canada, Iran, Saudi Arabia,Hong Kong and India have also closed their doors to travellers from the UK.
The new strain could be up to 70 per cent more infectious, the United Kingdom has said.
The new coronavirus variant, which prompted the UK government to impose a Tier 4 lockdown in London and southeastern England, and tighten restrictions for all of England over the festive period, is “out of control,” Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday — the same day that the UK broke its daily coronavirus case record, recording 35,928 new cases.
The ensuing wave of travel bans has cut off UK travelers from much of Europe and other parts of the world. It also spurred a decision to hold an emergency governmental meeting on Monday, chaired by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a No. 10 spokesperson told CNN. The meeting will focus on the international movement restrictions, and “in particular the steady flow of freight into and out of the UK,” they said. “Further meetings are happening this evening and tomorrow morning to ensure robust plans are in place.”
We will be fine, stay safe people
What is Zambia’s position on this? Are we allowing flights in from the U.K? I hear people coming in do not even have to quarantine.Ministry of Health should not be caught napping.
That’s UK Zambia is spared
It is a good thing we depprted that British boy Larry mweetwa. He shouldn’t have been let in from the start as for all we know he has brought this strain of covid to our country. Ba diaspora I told you that those nations you are running to are not heaven on earth. Take care of yourselves there abroad where people are dying at such alarming rates. We ask the British government to swallow pride and seek our guidance and advice on how we successfully tackled covid.
Kaizar
Let zambia be second country to
Ban passengers from uk.If uk can’t manage to contain then what more if hits zambia .
Look at all these countries panicking.
If they have faith in the vaccine, they should relax a bit.
None of the current restrictions has really worked to control this virus. There has been a lot of guess work from all the countries, except maybe Taiwan and New Zealand.
This is even getting worse for my exiled friends like Larry Mwetwa. If he can’t return to UK, and his home land fired him, where will he go?
United Kingdom does not deport its citizens, does not default on loans (donates to poorly managed economies like Zambia), would be against its managerial philosophy to copy any thing from Zambia. On my way to Zambia to vote, booked and confirmed my flight. KZ be ready on my welcoming ceremony.
That’s what bill gates was talking about. We need a vaccine that will carter for the entire corona virus family. Not just covid 19
Kaizar Zulu, pride goeth before a fall.
Corona virus story’s final chapter has not been written. In Zambia, you just have the weather and the young population on your side, but remember that madalas like you are in clear and present danger.