direct to your inboxCanada is the latest country to ban UK flights amid fears about the spread of the new mutant strain of coronavirus.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said all flights from the UK would be banned from entering the country for 72 hours from midnight on Sunday.A growing number of nations have banned flights from the UK in a bid to stop the new highly-contagious variant of Covid-19 crossing their borders.Mr Trudeau tweeted: “This afternoon, I convened a meeting with the Incident Response Group.
We focused on the new variant of Covid-19 identified in the UK, and we have decided to implement new border restrictions in order to keep you – and people right across the country – safe.“At midnight tonight, and for the next 72 hours, all.