Airlines dealt another blow as UK bans entry to travellers from Denmark

The UK has announced it will ban foreign entry to visitors from Denmark amid widespread outbreaks of COVID-19 in the country’s mink farms, as of 4am on Saturday. All non-British national or resident travellers who have been in or transited through Denmark in the last 14 days will be denied entry into Britain. The government also said its expanding the self-isolation rules for Denmark, it also removed the country from the government’s list of travel corridors on Friday. UK transport secretary, Grant Shapps announced the move on Twitter. He said: “Visitors arriving into the UK from Denmark will not be permitted entry into the UK. This decision to act quickly follows on from health authorities in Denmark reporting widespread outbreaks of coronavirus in mink farms. Keeping the UK public safe remains our top priority,” Shapps added. Denmark also announced strict new lockdown measures and a nationwide cull of millions of minks bred in the country’s 1,139 mink farms after authorities discovered a mutated virus strain in the animals.<br/>