The flights in question will be suspended from 6 AM Sunday and the measure will remain in effect until January 1. The Dutch move was announced a few hours after the British government confirmed that a new strain of coronavirus is spreading much faster than before in London and the southeast of England.
The Ministry of Health said that a “precautionary decision” had been taken. MTI wrote that the Cabinet will study the possibility of imposing more restrictions with other EU member states in the coming days ATV.
The Netherlands ordered a five-week lockdown until mid-January Epidemic To limit their re-emergence, schools and stores selling non-essential goods are closed.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Saturday that the virus circulating in London and southeast England may be more contagious with up to 70 percent of the pathogen so far. However, according to experts, there is no study data indicating changes that would make the virus mutation. The new coronavirus, which was identified in England earlier this week but has already been discovered in other countries, is more severe than previous versions, and there is no indication that vaccines have been developed yet. It will be less effective against the new strain.
