Boris Johnson  warned the mutated virus, which has now reached all corners of the country

British Prime Minister 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. 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. A statement on the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the “ban on flying and mooring will probably be lifted when quarantine becomes mandatory by Dutch law.”

Last night Portugal brought in similar measures.