Paris: France announced a ban on travel to and from the UK (UK Travel Ban) amid concerns about rising cases of the new variant of the coronavirus, Omicron. Setting a limit on the reasons for travel, 48 hours of isolation has been made mandatory upon arrival in France. On Thursday, 88 thousand 376 corona infections were found in Britain within 24 hours. The British health official said that the number of cases could increase further in the next few days.
There will be a ban on travel to and from Britain from Friday midnight
French Prime Minister Jean Castex said that these measures will be effective after midnight on Friday in view of the rapid spread of Omicron variants in Britain. A French government spokesman told local media that tourism and business travel from Britain would remain completely closed. Travelers coming from the UK will have to present a 24-hour old Kovid negative report.
France’s decision may increase tension with Britain
This sudden move will affect the travel plans of families and other people of both the countries traveling. Some passengers have questioned the move as being politically motivated. At the same time, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesman Max Blaine said that Johnson had not discussed this move with French President Emmanuel Macron. The UK has no plans for such a retaliatory measure.
Omicron has the ability to infect up to 70 times faster
A study has claimed that the new variant of the coronavirus, Omicron, has the ability to infect 70 times faster. It has also been said in the same study that the Omicron variant will not become a more serious disease. According to the study, Omicron can infect more effectively than the actual strain of Delta and Covid-19.
Researchers from the University of Hong Kong have found that Omicron can infect the human respiratory tract up to 70 times faster than the delta variant and its true SARS-CoV-2 form. From this, it has come to know why it is being transmitted faster than other variants found in the past of Corona. Explain that through the Human Bronchus, the air goes to the lower parts of the body, and then it reaches the lungs.
