London: Already Britain, which is battling a new strain of Corona Virus, is also facing the threat of a new form of Corona found in Brazil. Meanwhile, taking a big decision, the UK has imposed a flight ban on flights coming from Portugal, Panama, Cape Verde as well as all over South America. According to UK time, no flights coming from these areas will land on Friday from 4 am. Transport Minister Grant Shaps has given this information.
Minister Shapes told via Twitter that Brazil is the reason for banning flights in Portugal. Traveling between Portugal and Brazil has deep roots. At the same time, a third lockdown has been imposed this month in Britain fighting the new strain found in its own country. According to experts, the new variant of the coronavirus found in Britain is 70 percent more contagious than the previous.
Significantly, on Wednesday, MPs in the country’s parliament appealed to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to take action on the new strain found in South America. After which PM Johnson announced the ban on air flights. Already, the UK’s aviation business has been severely affected by the ban on continued air flights in many countries. Passenger traffic at London’s Heathrow Airport fell by 73 percent.
During the first wave of Coronavirus, the Johnson government faced criticism over the delay in imposing sanctions in the country. A negative Covid-19 check was mandatory for all the passengers coming here from Friday. However, it was postponed until January 18. If a person is seen without a negative test, he will have to pay a fine of 500 pounds.
According to the WorldMeter data, so far 32 lakh 60 thousand 258 patients of coronavirus have been reported in Britain. Out of which more than 86 thousand people have died. However, 14 lakh 6 thousand 967 patients in the UK have recovered and returned home. Apart from this, the condition of the country is not good in terms of active matters. At present, treatment of 17 lakh 67 thousand 276 patients is going on here.
