Russia halts flights to UK for a week as world reacts to news of newly detected British Covid-19 mutation

Russia is joining

Russia is joining the group of countries ending air traffic to the UK, with flights between the nations to end on December 22. Britain is one of a few countries to have resumed regular flights to Russia since Covid-19 appeared.

The decision was made after a weekend announcement by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson that a new mutation had been detected, which could spread 70 percent quicker than the original version of the virus.

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