Lockdowns and travel bans continue to spread across Europe in the lead-up to Christmas.
Germany has now followed France in imposing a ban on travellers from the UK. Only essential travel will be allowed from midnight tonight.
The move redesignates the whole of the UK as a “virus-variant area” (up from high risk), its highest-risk designation, and requiring a 14-day quarantine. German nationals can still travel to the UK.
France had earlier brought in such a ban.
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Meanwhile, the Netherlands has brought in a lockdown with all non-essential shops and businesses shut until mid-January.
