UK bars travelers from Denmark over coronavirus mink outbreak
10 November 2020 |
6:52 am
All non-residents coming from Denmark will no longer be allowed into the UK, the government announced. Denmark ordered a nationwide mink cull after a mutated version of the coronavirus was transmitted to humans.
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