I could literally be trapped here,” said Shaun Thompson, a Briton who flew to spend time with his wife’s family in Poland — one of the countries to have banned UK flights. EU regulators earlier noted there was no evidence to suggest the vaccine would not be effective against the new variant. The United States, which last week began administered Pfizer-BioNTech jabs, on Monday added the Moderna vaccine to its arsenal. The UK strain has also been detected in small numbers in Australia, Denmark and the Netherlands, according to the WHO. While Russia, Spain, India and others joined the list of countries banning flights from the UK on Monday, Australia and the United States have held off.

Source: Manila Times December 22, 2020 16:41 UTC