Dozens of countries have or are considering banning travel to the UK as the mutant strain continues to rip through British society.
The UK has become an international pariah in the past month, with huge case figures and the highest Covid-19 death rate in the whole world.
Before Christmas Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the new strain was "out of control". Today Boris Johnson warned that the mutated virus, which has now reached all corners of the country, may lead to significantly more deaths than previous strains.
Concern about the highly transmissible variant has led Governments overseas to ban Brits from entering their countries. The Netherlands has decided to stop all passenger flights and ferry travel from the UK tonight.
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