Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 22 Dec 2020, 05:07 am Print
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Ankara/Sputnik: Turkish authorities have quarantined 4,603 passengers from the United Kingdom, where a new mutation of the coronavirus has been detected, Turkish Heath Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Tuesday.
According to Koca, Turkish authorities have decided on Sunday to temporarily suspend flights with the UK, Denmark, the Netherlands and South Africa due to the fast-spreading new strain of the COVID-19.
Citizens of Turkey and these countries are returning home by special flights.
"Information about 4,603 passengers arriving from the UK since December 14 was entered into the system. They are isolated in their homes and hotels, and are being tested," Koca said on Twitter.
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