2nd LD Writethru: UK to close all travel corridors to keep out new COVID variants


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  • Saturday, 16 Jan 2021

LONDON, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Friday that Britain will close all travel corridors to the country from 0400 GMT on Monday in a bid to keep out new coronavirus variants.

Britain "will temporarily close all travel corridors from 0400 on Monday," to "protect against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains", the prime minister said at a virtual press conference at Downing Street.

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