LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Britain's transport minister said
on Thursday he was banning arrivals from Brazil, other South
American states and Portugal due to concerns over a new
coronavirus variant.
"I’ve taken the urgent decision to ban arrivals from
Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia,
Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,
Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela – from tomorrow, 15 Jan at 4am
(0400 GMT) following evidence of a new variant in Brazil," Grant
Shapps said on Twitter.
Portugal was also added to the banned list because of close
travel links with Brazil, he said.
(Reporting by William James, editing by Elizabeth Piper)