<p>"Please help us leave!" says a woman in a video shared online, one of the dozens of passengers from Britain stranded in German airports on Sunday night.</p>.<p>Countries around the world -- including Germany, France and Italy -- have begun banning flights and travellers from the UK after a new strain of coronavirus was detected there.</p>.<p>British travellers still arriving in Germany on Sunday were prevented from leaving the airport, with health officials and nurses -- some dressed in hazmat suits -- administering immediate Covid-19 tests.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/coronavirus-updates-cases-deaths-country-wise-worldometers-info-data-covid-19-834531.html" target="_blank"><strong>15 countries with the highest number of cases, deaths due to the Covid-19 pandemic</strong></a></p>.<p>These measures hit 63 people arriving in Hanover from Britain, who were kept overnight in the airport and will not be permitted to leave until they receive a negative test result -- expected Monday morning.</p>.<p>In the meantime, the terminal's officials set up camp beds to help passengers spend the night.</p>.<p>Among the detained travellers, the atmosphere was tense.</p>.<p>"We are at Hanover airport and we are held against our will, we were tested and were prohibited from leaving the premises while awaiting the results," said Manuela Thomys, in a video shared online by German daily Bild.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank"><strong>CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</strong></a></p>.<p>Groups of people including a nine-month-old baby can be seen in the clip. "Please help us leave!" Thomys says.</p>.<p>Local authorities have apologised for the inconvenience caused ahead of Christmas.</p>.<p>"Our aim is to prevent the new variant of the virus from entering the region," Hanover health official Andreas Kranz explained to German news wire DPA.</p>.<p>Germany reported a record in daily new infections on Thursday, surpassing the 30,000 mark for the first time, and has recorded a total of 24,125 deaths.</p>.<p>Scientists first discovered the new strain of the virus -- which they believe is 70 per cent more transmissible -- in a patient in September.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank"><strong>For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>But alarm bells were set ringing across Europe last week as the strain appeared to be raging in parts of Britain.</p>.<p>Europe last week became the first region in the world to pass 500,000 deaths from Covid-19 since the pandemic began a year ago.</p>.<p>A spokeswoman for the World Health Organization told AFP that "across Europe, where transmission is intense and widespread, countries need to redouble their control and prevention approaches."</p>
<p>"Please help us leave!" says a woman in a video shared online, one of the dozens of passengers from Britain stranded in German airports on Sunday night.</p>.<p>Countries around the world -- including Germany, France and Italy -- have begun banning flights and travellers from the UK after a new strain of coronavirus was detected there.</p>.<p>British travellers still arriving in Germany on Sunday were prevented from leaving the airport, with health officials and nurses -- some dressed in hazmat suits -- administering immediate Covid-19 tests.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/coronavirus-updates-cases-deaths-country-wise-worldometers-info-data-covid-19-834531.html" target="_blank"><strong>15 countries with the highest number of cases, deaths due to the Covid-19 pandemic</strong></a></p>.<p>These measures hit 63 people arriving in Hanover from Britain, who were kept overnight in the airport and will not be permitted to leave until they receive a negative test result -- expected Monday morning.</p>.<p>In the meantime, the terminal's officials set up camp beds to help passengers spend the night.</p>.<p>Among the detained travellers, the atmosphere was tense.</p>.<p>"We are at Hanover airport and we are held against our will, we were tested and were prohibited from leaving the premises while awaiting the results," said Manuela Thomys, in a video shared online by German daily Bild.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank"><strong>CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</strong></a></p>.<p>Groups of people including a nine-month-old baby can be seen in the clip. "Please help us leave!" Thomys says.</p>.<p>Local authorities have apologised for the inconvenience caused ahead of Christmas.</p>.<p>"Our aim is to prevent the new variant of the virus from entering the region," Hanover health official Andreas Kranz explained to German news wire DPA.</p>.<p>Germany reported a record in daily new infections on Thursday, surpassing the 30,000 mark for the first time, and has recorded a total of 24,125 deaths.</p>.<p>Scientists first discovered the new strain of the virus -- which they believe is 70 per cent more transmissible -- in a patient in September.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank"><strong>For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>But alarm bells were set ringing across Europe last week as the strain appeared to be raging in parts of Britain.</p>.<p>Europe last week became the first region in the world to pass 500,000 deaths from Covid-19 since the pandemic began a year ago.</p>.<p>A spokeswoman for the World Health Organization told AFP that "across Europe, where transmission is intense and widespread, countries need to redouble their control and prevention approaches."</p>