Health
Covid-19 pandemic: International alarm grows over new variant – BBC News
A host of countries around the world ban UK arrivals in a bid to contain the new strain.
image captionMuch of Europe has banned UK travellers along with others around the world
There is growing international alarm over a new variant of the coronavirus in the UK, with a host of countries imposing travel bans.
More than 40 countries have barred UK arrivals, as the EU held talks on forming a common policy.
Sweden banned foreign travellers from Denmark after cases of the variant were discovered there.
The new strain is more transmissible but there is no evidence it is more deadly.
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