London, United Kingdom.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is holding an emergency meeting of his government on Monday after that numerous countries they would cut it all connection with the United Kingdom ddue to a mutation of the coronavirus which aggravates the chaos ten days after Brexit.
The list of countries they have temporarily suspended the displacements coming from him United Kingdom trace the finding of this variant that would be up to 70% more contagious, although it is not proven to be more lethal.
However, experts from the European union they believe that current covid-19 vaccines are also effective for covid-19 rel, announced the German government.
“For all we know so far, and after the discussions that have taken place between experts from the European authorities,” the new virus variant “It has no impact on vaccines“They are still “Equally effective,” German Health Minister Jens Spahn told public television channel ZDF.
The same opinion is shared by American experts, who consider that “at the moment no strain of virus seems resistant to available vaccines “, said the chief adviser to the government’s vaccination program, Moncef Slaoui, who assured that his country is monitoring “very closely” the new variant.
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Germany’s decision to sever ties with the United Kingdom, Which only affects flights for now, should be made official in the next few hours, a government source told AFP, noting that European states are analyzing a common response to maritime, rail and road connections with the United Kingdom.
However, some countries have already taken action, such as France qeu suspended from midnight on Sunday all travel of people from United Kingdom for 48 hours. “Only unaccompanied freight will be allowed. The flow of people or transport to United Kingdom they are not affected, “the government said.
In addition to Germany and France, A dozen countries of the European union, among them Italy and Ireland, have announced similar measures. The Netherlands also banned the entry of passengers from dand the United Kingdom by sea.
Outside the EU, Canada, Chile, Argentina, C.olombia, Kuwait, Iran, Switzerland, the Savior and Israel also suspended connections with England and the last three even with South Africa where the new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Saudi Arabia also suspended all international flights as well as access to its ports for at least a week. However, United States, at the moment it does not contemplate the suspension of the connections, declared Slaoui.
As a result of these measures, Boris Johnson pwill hold a meeting on Monday to “analyze the situation on international travel and in particular the regular flow of freight to and from United Kingdom “, While the port of Dover announced the closure for maritime traffic coming out of itself.
the new cep “It’s out of control,” he acknowledged on Sunday British Minister of Health, Matt Hancock, Which will justify the refining of London and southeast of England. “It will be very difficult to keep it under control until one vaccine is widespread “.
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The closure of the English port is at its worst and will only increase the disruption suffered by the British ports on the eve of the country’s exit from the European single market on December 31st.
Ten days from this deadline, London and Brusselsa trade agreement is still being negotiated to avoid chaos and the introduction of quotas and tariffs for trade between the two.
The United Kingdom, one of the countries most affected by Europe by covid-19, with more than 67,000 confirmed deaths and a record nearly 36,000 new cases on Sunday, it reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) of the discovery of this mutation and its higher rate of infection.