South American countries ban British flights over new COVID-19 strain

Argentina, Chile, and Colombia joined a raft of other countries that took action on Sunday to stop flights from Britain due to concerns over a new, highly contagious variant of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Argentina will “suspend arrivals and departures to and from Britain as a precaution from tomorrow,” the interior ministry in Buenos Aires wrote in a statement Sunday evening. A single flight from Britain expected for Monday morning has been allowed to land at Buenos Aires International Airport. Passengers and crew will be kept in quarantine for seven days.