A woman walks past the closed entrance of the Eurostar terminal at Brussels South railway station after Britains European neighbours began closing their doors to travellers from the United Kingdom amid alarm about a rapidly spreading strain of coronavirus, in Brussels, Belgium December 21, 2020. Reuters
London, December 24
Britain's transport minister said he had ordered flights and arrivals from South Africa to be halted after a potentially more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 had spread to Britain.
"I’ve taken the decision to temporarily stop flights and arrivals entering England from South Africa from 9 am tomorrow following an outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus," Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said. Reuters
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