January 12, local time, the Russian Epidemic Prevention Command announced that the flight ban with the United Kingdom would be extended to 23:59 on February 1.
Russia suspended flights to and from the UK for a week from 00:00 on 22 December 2020, and extended the flight ban on 28 December to 12 January today, following the discovery of a new variant of the novel coronavirus strain in the UK.
In order to prevent and control the epidemic, Russia stopped regular and charter air transportation with other countries from March 27, 2020, and then resumed regular flights with the United Kingdom in August.
On January 10, Russian chief epidemic prevention officer Popova announced that Russia tested the first case of COVID-19 mutant strain infection, which was a Russian citizen who returned to Russia from the United Kingdom.
