Turkey suspends flights from the UK and several other countries

“Due to the mutation of the coronavirus in the UK, the transmission rate has increased.

On behalf of the President and with the coordination of our Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, a decision was made to temporarily suspend flights from the UK, Denmark, the Netherlands and South Africa, "Koca wrote.

Earlier it was reported that France is closing the air border with the UK for 48 hours after the discovery in the United Kingdom of a new type of coronavirus infection COVID-19.

In addition, the German authorities are working on a document limiting communication between Germany and the UK due to the discovered new mutation of the coronavirus. 

On December 14, the head of the UK Ministry of Health Matt Hancock announced the discovery in the country of a new type of coronavirus infection COVID-19.