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Chaos in UK streets and airports as countries close borders over coronavirus fears
Trucks waiting to get out of Britain backed up for kilometres and people were stranded at airports, as countries imposed stringent travel restrictions on the United Kingdom over concerns of a new coronavirus strain.
Key points:
- Several European nations, along with India, Canada and Hong Kong, have banned travel from the UK
- The UK is holding crisis talks amid concerns the new restrictions could lead to food shortages
- Rapidly spreading infections in southern England are blamed on a new, highly-infectious coronavirus variant
Countries across the world have halted air travel to the UK, while France has banned trucks from entering for 48 hours while the new variant found in England is assessed.
There were rising hopes on Monday, however, that…
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