All six of the infected people had been kept in isolation

Passengers wearing protective face masks leave upon arrival at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport after India cancelled all flights from the UK over fears of a new variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India, December 22, 2020.

India finds six cases of virus variant, may extend UK flight ban

Wessolowski: We found out this morning that we won’t be able to go home, so that is quite a shock to us

Marina Wessolowski, a Berlin-based businesswoman who is stranded in Cape Town poses for a photograph with her husband Achim and daughters, Emma and Clara, uncertain when they will return home after at least five countries and airlines banned flights from South Africa over the discovery of a new variant of the coronavirus, in Cape Town, South Africa, December 21, 2020.

India finds six cases of virus variant, may extend UK flight ban

Family stranded in South Africa as travel ban over mutant virus strain kicks in

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India finds six cases of virus variant, may extend UK flight ban

Family stranded in South Africa as travel ban over mutant virus strain kicks in