Winnipeg Free Press By: Editorial | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Monday, Dec. 21, 2020
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Canada acted swiftly Sunday night, falling in line with Britain’s European neighbours to block travellers who might be carrying a dreaded new strain of the coronavirus from the United Kingdom to this country. The new strain, which has been circulating in southern England since mid-September, may be more efficient than earlier varieties at attaching itself to and infecting human cells.
Canada acted swiftly Sunday night, falling in line with Britain’s European neighbours to block travellers who might be carrying a dreaded new strain of the coronavirus from the United Kingdom to this country. The new strain, which has been circulating in southern England since mid-September, may be more efficient than earlier varieties at attaching itself to and infecting human cells.
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Europe moves to isolate Britain, where mutated virus causes Christmas chaos
Priscila Azevedo Rocha and Kitty Donaldson, Bloomberg
Dec. 21, 2020
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Passengers walk toward the check-in area at London Heathrow Airport in London on Dec. 19, 2020.Bloomberg photo by Chris Ratcliffe
Britain plunged into Christmas chaos with police blocking people from boarding packed trains, holidays abroad scrapped and travel with Europe banned after London went into an emergency lockdown.
France on Sunday suspended inbound travel from the U.K. for 48 hours and Germany halted arriving flights from Britain, which is in the middle of delicate Brexit negotiations with its European Union partners. Those talks are still at a critical stage after the weekend.
Europe Moves to Isolate U.K. as Mutated Virus Ruins Christmas Bloomberg 12/21/2020
(Bloomberg)
The U.K. plunged into Christmas chaos with police blocking people from boarding packed trains, holidays abroad scrapped and travel with Europe banned after London went into an emergency lockdown.
France on Sunday suspended inbound travel from the U.K. for 48 hours and Germany halted arriving flights from Britain, which is in the middle of delicate Brexit negotiations with its European Union partners. Those talks are still at a critical stage after the weekend.
In a sudden turnaround, Prime Minister Boris Johnson canceled plans to allow families to see each other over the festive period as the government warned that a new strain of the coronavirus is “out of control.” There were scenes of panic at train stations, with people defying social-distancing rules to get out of the capital before the new rules took effect on Sunday.
Dec 21, 2020
The U.K. has been plunged into Christmas chaos with police blocking people from boarding packed trains, holidays abroad scrapped and travel with Europe banned after London went into an emergency lockdown.
France on Sunday suspended inbound travel from the U.K. for 48 hours and Germany halted arriving flights from Britain, which is in the middle of delicate Brexit negotiations with its European Union partners. Those talks are still at a critical stage after the weekend.
In a sudden turnaround, Prime Minister Boris Johnson canceled plans to allow families to see each other over the festive period as the government warned that a new strain of the coronavirus is out of control.” There were scenes of panic at train stations, with people defying social-distancing rules to get out of the capital before the new rules took effect on Sunday.