EU states begin suspending all flight travel from UK over new Covid strain

EU states have started suspending all incoming air travel from the UK amid mounting concern over a new strain of Covid-19. The new variant of coronavirus apparently native to Britain is up to 70 per cent more transmissible than the original. Germany, France and Ireland are the latest to have suspended travel, announcing the moves shortly after Austria, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium made similar decisions. Bulgaria has also suspended travel from Britain, Reuters reported on Sunday evening. A spokesperson for the German government said on Sunday afternoon that the country was working on a regulation to restrict travel from Britain to protect the country from the new coronavirus variant. It wasn't immediately clear when or for how long the restrictions would last