The Netherlands and Belgium will ban flights carrying passengers from the United Kingdom from Sunday as Britain detected a new coronavirus strain. Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo on Sunday said he was issuing the order for 24 hours starting at midnight "out of precaution." The Netherlands said that in early December, sampling of a case in the country had revealed the same virus strain as that found in the UK. Netherlands will ban flights carrying passengers from the United Kingdom from Sunday as Britain detected a new coronavirus strain. The ban came after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and scientists announced on Saturday that the new strain of coronavirus identified in the country is up to 70% more infectious.

Source: Daily Mail December 20, 2020 08:14 UTC