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New Covid strain: Turkey has quarantined 4,600 arriving from UK
Ankara - Flights from the UK, South Africa, Denmark and the Netherlands were suspended in response to a new strain of coronavirus
- AP
- Updated: Tue 22 Dec 2020, 11:25 AM
Turkey has identified and quarantined 4,603 airline passengers who arrived from the United Kingdom on and after December 14, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Tuesday.
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Flights from the UK, South Africa, Denmark and the Netherlands were suspended on Sunday evening in response to a new strain of coronavirus said to be circulating there.
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Koca tweeted that 335 passengers flying from those countries at the time of Sunday’s announcement were tested for the virus on arrival in Turkey and isolated.
Many countries have restricted travel, primarily from Britain, after the new strain was described as spreading rapidly there.
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