U.K. government to hold crisis meeting over virus travel bans

Boris Johnson. File

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 U.K. 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 U.K.,” a spokesman for Boris Johnson's Number 10 Downing Street office said.