Passengers stranded at German airports

Dozens of travellers who flew in to Germany from the UK on Sunday had to spend the night at the Hanover and Frankfurt/Main airports, after Germany imposed new coronavirus travel restrictions.

German NTV news says 120 passengers were kept overnight at Frankfurt/Main airport and 63 at Hanover airport.

Health officials and nurses at Hanover airport, some dressed in full PPE protection suits, started administering immediate Covid-19 tests.

Camp beds were hastily assembled in the transit lounge. Some passengers – who include women with infants – have tweeted their anger about being kept there against their will.

The emergency restriction followed the UK’s tight controls aimed at stopping the spread of a new, more infectious variant of coronavirus.