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The Government of

the Netherlands

has banned air passenger traffic with the United Kingdom immediately and

for at least 10 days

, following a recommendation by the Dutch health authorities due to fears of the new variant of the coronavirus detected in British territory.

In a statement, the Ministry of Health has confirmed that a study carried out in the Netherlands in early December revealed that a virus with the variant described by the United Kingdom was also circulating and, after the alarm in London, health authorities are analyzing this strain of coronavirus,

how the affected person was infected

and

if there are related cases

.

The Netherlands Institute of Public Health (RIVM) has asked Health to control passenger movements with the United Kingdom "as much as possible" to limit "the introduction of this strain of virus" into Dutch territory, so The cabinet has taken the precautionary decision to declare a ban on air traffic of people from the British Isles

until at least 1 January

.

Belgium will

also suspend the arrivals of

planes and trains

from the United Kingdom from the next midnight, a government official told AFP.

The Belgian Prime Minister, Alexander De Croo, has specified on the VRT network that the suspension

will last at least 24 hours

.

On the other hand, Germany is

studying "seriously" suspending flights with Great Britain

and also with South Africa.

"Restricting air traffic from the United Kingdom and South Africa is a serious option" that the government is studying, a source close to the Ministry of Health has also told AFP.

The British government decided to reconfine London and the southeast of England starting this Sunday to try to stop the increase in infections attributed to a new strain of the coronavirus.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared on Saturday that, according to the first data, the virus circulating in London and the south-east of England

is up to 70% more contagious than the previous strain

.

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