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Russia extends ban on UK flights till March 16 over coronavirus variant
A woman wearing a face mask walks along Red Square in central Moscow January 12, 2021, amid the crisis linked with the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic

MOSCOW, Feb 16 — Russia has extended a ban on flights to and from Britain until the end of March 16 due to a new variant of the coronavirus first detected in the UK, Russia’s coronavirus taskforce said today.

Russia, which has already reported a case of the more infectious coronavirus variant, has had the flight ban in place since Dec. 22. — Reuters

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