The German government has announced the suspension of all passenger flights from the United Kingdom (UK), after finding the first case of a new, more infectious strain of COVID-19.
The suspension of the UK's flights which commenced from Sunday, December 20, until January 1 came hours after the UK government announced a stay-at-home order for part of the country to curb the spread of the new variant.
According to the Dutch health ministry, “an infectious mutation of the Covid-19 virus is circulating in the United Kingdom. It is said to spread more easily and faster and is more difficult to detect.”
The Dutch public health body, the RIVM, therefore “recommends that any introduction of this virus strain from the United Kingdom be limited as much as possible by limiting passengers' movements.”
Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s cabinet has taken a precautionary decision to ban flights from Britain.
The reports also confirmed that services from London to Amsterdam and Brussels would be interrupted from Monday, December 21.
Meanwhile, the former vice president of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubarkar has called on the federal government of Nigeria to ban all commercial flights to and from the UK as the second wave of COVID-19 takes over.
Atiku made the call via his official Twitter handle on Sunday.
According to the former vice president, the country took a harder than necessary hit during the first wave because the government failed to heed warnings from the citizens.
Atiku warned that “the new strain of COVID19 that has erupted in the UK, can add to Nigeria’s health emergency if we do not act with an abundance of caution and temporarily halt all flights to and from the UK until this new strain is brought under control.”
The coronavirus strand in the UK has been found to have a higher transmission rate.
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