The list of countries that have banned travel to the U.K. continues to grow following news of a more virulent strain of the coronavirus found in the country. The new strain of COVID-19 forced Prime Minister Boris Johnson to introduce a new level of lockdown restrictions – tier 4 – that Britain will implement over the week ahead of the Christmas holiday. Despite these concerns, health experts are confident the COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna should still be effective. Travel between Britain and other countries was already difficult, but the news has led many countries to outright ban travel to the U.K. temporarily. Here are the countries that have already banned travel to the U.K., and how long some of them plan to keep the ban in place.

Source: Fox News December 21, 2020 16:52 UTC