A line of people at St. Pancras station in London on the 20th, trying to catch the last train to France.
After the emergence of a new variant of the 2019 coronavirus (COV) disease in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium and other European countries have imposed a ban on transportation to the United Kingdom, and the European Union (EU) will hold a crisis response meeting tomorrow to coordinate measures.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Boris Johnson) yesterday held a press conference to announce the emergence of a new variant of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) strain of virus in the territory, which may increase the infection rate by 70% compared to the old strain of virus. In addition to the UK, a variant of the virus was also found in South Africa.
After the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy banned the entry of flights from the United Kingdom, Germany and France also announced today the suspension of flights with the United Kingdom, the follow-up does not exclude other European countries to follow.
An unnamed official of the European Council told the media tonight that EU member states have communicated today about the measures taken to ban traffic to the UK, and tomorrow the EU will hold a crisis response meeting to discuss further in order to coordinate consistency measures.
The World health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe noted today that several cases of new strains of the virus have been reported in Denmark, outside the United Kingdom, and that the outbreak is spreading rapidly and widely across Europe, and countries must redouble their control and prevention measures.
In addition, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) will meet tomorrow and is expected to recommend approval of a vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and the German biotech company BioNTech.
Margaritis Schinas, vice president of the EU Executive Committee, has previously said that if the EMA gives the green light, the Executive Committee can give formal authorization as soon as possible, “within two days,” meaning that the final approval can be issued on the 23rd.
German Health Minister Jens Spahn said the vaccine will be available to the public from Dec. 27. Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, is coordinating with the 27 EU countries to start the vaccination process on the 27th, to ensure that no member state is left behind, and the priority of the target group will be decided by each country.
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