British Coronavirus

According to reports here today France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Italy have all announced restrictions on UK travel. It is also reported that the Channel Tunnel has been closed or stopped.

This due to a new virulent strain of coronavirus which has arisen in the south of England.

Is this true?

Re: British Coronavirus

Yes that is true Bruce, the new virulent strain of coronavirus is spreading fast.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55389505

Re: British Coronavirus

Hi Bruce I suspect there is a lot more of the 'new variant' C19 in Europe than those cases that are being acknowledged , we have the advantage of Porton Down which is a world class facility some countries do not have .

I understand you already have cases in Australia.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-55382212

Re: British Coronavirus

Hi

A reminder to those who wanted sanctions against China where the original virus mutated to infect humans.

Sanctions against the UK?

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Given it's been around since September it won't be confined to the UK...

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That could be true but it will only be in Hotel Quarantine and not in the community. The only community transmission at the moment is the northern beaches cluster in NSW (15 cases in the last 24 hours) and that is a strain from the USA from an air crew member who arrived on the 1st December. How it got from there to the northern beaches is a mystery at the moment

Currently there is no other community transmission in Australia. I am watching the NSW Premier's 11am press conference as I type so that is about as up to date as you can get.

The advantage of low case numbers is that every case can be genome sequenced and tracked.

Breaking News:

Funnily enough at this very moment the Chief Health Officer at the press conference was asked about the UK strain and she said there have been two cases in returning travellers of the British Coronavirus but none in the community. I presume that means the virus has been eliminated in Hotel Quarantine (so far).

There you go!

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Hi

The UK is now isolated, no freight, no passenger transport to the EU.

You can bring goods in, but cannot drive back.

A fifth of our imports come across the Channel and it is shut.

The Container Ports are weeks behind.

Just in time deliveries are not arriving and companies are shutting down early.

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Doesn't the flu virus mutate every year? Hence the need for a modified flu jab every year.

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Hi

Exactly right.

We will adapt and life will go on.

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According to this evenings news this strain is no worse than the previous one as far as the illness goes but it is far more contagious. It is also thought that the existing emergency vaccines will protect against it.