The British are increasingly cut off from the world.

After Europe, many countries around the world decided, Monday, December 21, to close their borders to the British.

The restrictions sometimes extend to other countries where the new strain has been detected, such as South Africa and Denmark.

  • India 

Suspension of all flights from Great Britain until December 31.         

A large community of Indian origin resides in the United Kingdom and hundreds of members of this diaspora travel to India daily, taking dozens of flights to Bombay and New Delhi.

  •    Turkey 

Suspension of air links from Great Britain, Denmark, the Netherlands and South Africa.                

  •     Iran 

Suspension of flights from Great Britain for two weeks.            

  •     Israel

Entry ban for foreign nationals from the United Kingdom, Denmark and South Africa.

Israeli authorities have also announced strict rules for Israelis returning from these countries, saying they will be confined to hotels run by the military and serving as quarantine centers.         

  •  Gulf 

Saudi Arabia has suspended international flights and access through land crossings and ports for at least a week, with a possible extension of one week.

All passengers arriving since December 8 from Europe, or any part of the world where the new variant of the virus has been reported, will need to self-isolate for two weeks.

The Sultanate of Oman has decided to close all its borders to the movement of people for a week from Tuesday.

Kuwait has added the UK to its list of "high risk" countries and banned flights.            

  • Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria 

Morocco has suspended flights from the UK.

Tunisia has suspended "until further notice" all arrival, departure and transit flights between its airports and those of Great Britain, South Africa and Australia.

Algeria has decided not to repatriate its nationals from Great Britain (only these flights are authorized since the borders have been closed since March 17).  

  •   Russia 

Suspension for one week of air links with the United Kingdom, from midnight Tuesday.              

  •  Canada 

Suspension for 72 hours of passenger flights from Great Britain.                 

  •  Hong Kong 

Suspension of passenger flights from Great Britain, effective Monday midnight.

Anyone who arrives in the former British colony after having been in the UK in the previous 14 days will have to observe a longer quarantine than currently scheduled.                      

  • South America 

El Salvador has banned entry into its territory to anyone who has been in the UK or South Africa in the past month.

Argentina has suspended flights from the UK.

Chile will do the same from Tuesday.

  •     France 

Suspension since midnight Sunday and for 48 hours of all travel of people from British soil, "including related to the transport of goods, by road, air, sea or rail".

Only unaccompanied freight remains authorized.

  •     Germany 

Suspension of all passenger air routes from Great Britain and South Africa, initially until December 31.

All entries of British and South African citizens by sea, rail or road are also restricted.         

  •   Italy 

Italy, which on Sunday detected the first case of contamination by the new strain of the coronavirus in a patient who recently returned from Great Britain, has decided to suspend flights from the United Kingdom.

Entry is prohibited for people who have stayed in Great Britain in the last 14 days.

Anyone already in Italy from this territory is required to take a test. 

  • Spain and Portugal   

The Spanish government has announced that it has decided, in agreement with its Portuguese counterpart, to suspend flights from the United Kingdom from Tuesday.

Spanish citizens and people residing in Spain will, on the other hand, be able to enter Spanish territory.

  •   Ireland 

Suspension since Sunday midnight of air links from Great Britain, for "at least" 48 hours.           

  •   Netherlands 

All passenger flights from the UK are suspended until January 1. 

Passenger ferries are also denied access to Dutch ports.

Only those carrying freight trucks and their drivers will be allowed to disembark.              

  •    Belgium 

Suspension since Sunday midnight of air links and rail traffic (including the Eurostar train) from the United Kingdom, for at least 24 hours.

  •    Norway and Denmark 

The two countries are suspending flights from the United Kingdom from this Monday and for 48 hours.

Denmark itself has detected nine cases of the British strain on its soil.

Sweden has announced that it will also suspend flights from the UK.

A formal decision is awaited. 

  •    Rest of europe 

Finland has suspended passenger flights from the UK for two weeks.

Switzerland has suspended its air links with the United Kingdom and South Africa until further notice.

Anyone coming from these two countries since December 14 will be subject to a mandatory 10-day quarantine.

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have suspended flights from the UK.

Bulgaria has suspended all air links with Great Britain until January 31, Romania also for two weeks.

Croatia has suspended passenger air links from the UK for 48 hours.

Macedonia has suspended all flights from the UK and is imposing 14-day isolation for all who have stayed there. 

going The Czech Republic has suspended flights from the UK.

Poland will do the same from Monday midnight.

With AFP

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