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UK coronavirus variant prompts widespread travel restrictions

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Concern over a mutated, fast-spreading strain of the coronavirus identified recently in England caused travel chaos in the country over the weekend and has prompted several countries to suspend travel to and from the country.Health officials in the United Kingdom say modeling estimates suggest the variant is up to 70% more transmissible and may be responsible for a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases in South East England in recent weeks.

Concern about the spread of the variant led the Prime Minister Boris Johnson to impose tier 4 restrictions—the country's strictest coronavirus measures—in London, the South East, and East of England over the weekend.The lockdown in London resulted in crowds of people rushing to the city's train stations to

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