Germany is planning a near-total ban on travellers from Britain, Portugal, Brazil and South Africa as European governments increasingly move to bar entry from countries where more contagious Covid-19 variants are rampant.
Berlin’s initiative came as EU interior ministers met to discuss a more coordinated approach to international travel restrictions.
Last week Belgium barred all non-essential travel by land, sea and air into and out of the country, and the Netherlands announced a ban on incoming flights from the UK, South Africa and South America. Portugal, which has the world’s highest per capita seven-day averages of both new cases and deaths, said it…