Brussels, Belgium — EU ambassadors will hold a crisis meeting in Brussels on Monday ontravel restrictions to the UK after the emergence of a new coronavirus strain there suspected to be very infectious.
Several EU countries — Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, and the Netherlands — have announced the suspension of air links, and in some cases rail and ferry links, with Britain.
In most cases, the bans were effective from midnight (2300 GMT) Sunday and were to last a day or two, as a precaution while the threat of the new strain was evaluated and a coordinated response was worked out.
An EU official said ambassadors from representatives from the 27 member stat…
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