UK government says to hold crisis meeting on Monday over virus travel bans

[LONDON] The British government said on Sunday it would hold a crisis meeting of its COBR emergencies committee after a string of countries banned travellers arriving from the UK and crucial transit country France blocked most freight.

"The Prime Minister will chair a COBR meeting tomorrow to discuss the situation... in particular the steady flow of freight into and out of the UK," a spokesman for Boris Johnson's Number 10 Downing Street office said.

AFP