Germany is sealing itself off and banning entry into its territory to travelers coming from countries where the Covid-19 variant has developed. Until February 17, airlines, rail, bus and boat companies will not be not allowed to bring in passengers from the countries concerned, except German citizens and residents.
“From midnight, a new security measure against the coronavirus is in place, explains Reza Ahmari, spokesperson for the Frankfurt airport police. The federal police are responsible for controlling the travel ban on flights from so-called “viral variant” areas. These are five countries: Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Brazil and Portugal “.
On the border between Portugal and Spain, something that had long since disappeared is being set up, a border post.
Portuguese already confined will not be able to leave the country for the next 14 days by any means.
Only frontier workers, goods, and emergency services will be allowed to pass through Spain.
In London, Clare Bendall, doctor, worries:
_ “The patients are much younger, compared to the first wave … At that moment I remember thinking, it could be my mother, it could be my aunt, and now I think, it could be me, it could be my brother, my boyfriend. “_
The UK is the country hardest hit by the pandemic in Europe with more than 100,000 dead.
And as if to add to the despair of the British, very affected by the pandemic, tensions have arisen between Brussels and London over the delivery of vaccines.
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