(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)As COVID-19 vaccinations are distributed across the United States, a new variant of COVID-19 is hitting the United Kingdom, triggering travel restrictions.
From Canada to India, one nation after another banned flights from Britain, while France barred the entry of trucks from Britain for 48 hours while the strain is assessed.
“With that comes a huge amount of political friction and in turn that has affected the daily lives of all 65 million people in the UK,” Mahon said.
The virus is blamed for 1.7 million deaths worldwide, including about 68,000 in Britain, the second-highest death toll in Europe, behind Italy’s 69,000.
Canada, India, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden were among the countries that suspended flights from Britain for various lengths of time.