Brazil Covid variant: Travel to UK banned from 15 South American countries and Portugal
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mirror.co.ukTravel to the UK will be banned from 15 South American countries as well as Portugal, as fears mount about a new Covid variant that began in Brazil.
The government announced it was taking an "urgent decision" to ban flights from tomorrow over the variant - which it's feared might make vaccines less effective.
Arrivals will be banned from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela from 4am.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps also said travel from Portugal would be suspended "given its strong travel links with Brazil." With a handful of exceptions, anyone who has visited or transited through any of the above countries within 10 days of travel
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