“This is a very tough measure, but we are at a crossroads. The British variant doesn’t leave us with an alternative,” Mr Rutte said in a press conference.
Citizens of other nations who have recently travelled in any of these nations will also be banned from entering the Netherlands.
The nation is also further enhancing measures within the country in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus.
A national lockdown in the Netherlands is set to be extended by another three weeks.
The UK vaccination rate (Image: DX)
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Finland is also making moves to ban flights from the UK, Ireland and South Africa amid concerns over the new COVID-19 strains.