Vietnam proposes flight ban on nations with new Covid variant


HO CHIH MINH CITY, Jan 4 (dpa): Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has proposed banning entry to flights from all countries where the new, more contagious variant of Covid-19 has been detected, a government statement said on Monday.

The statement requested Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to deny entry to flights from any country that has confirmed cases of the new virus variant.

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