These are all countries that have already reported cases of the new, and more infectious coronavirus strain

Sophia AnkelDec 27, 2020, 22:54 IST

A traveler walks past screeners testing a system of thermal imaging cameras which check body temperatures at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) amid the COVID-19 pandemic on June 24, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.Mario Tama/Getty Images

Several countries have imposed travel restrictions and closed their borders after reports of a new, more contagious coronavirus strain.
The new variant of the virus is up to 70% more transmissible.
Scroll down to see which countries have so far reported cases of the new virus strain.

Reports of a new and more contagious coronavirus strain have prompted panic in Europe and beyond.

The new variant of the virus, which might be up to 70% more transmissible, was first detected in the UK in September but had since spread rapidly.

The new variant has brought some countries to close their borders and tighten their travel restrictions even further.

From Japan to Sweden, scroll down to see a list of countries where the new coronavirus strain has already been identified.

1. United Kingdom

A crowded London street as seen on October 18, 2020. Matthew Chattle/Barcroft Media via Getty Images

2. Sweden

People stroll at the Drottninggatan shopping street in central Stockholm, Sweden on November 10, 2020. Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images

3. France

Medical staff members move a patient suffering from the coronavirus at Lille-Lesquin airport in France on November 10, 2020. Pascal Rossignol/Reuters

4. Spain

The almost empty beach of Palma, Spain on December 25, 2020. Clara Margais/picture alliance via Getty Images)

5. Switzerland

A skier wearing a protective face mask walks past an apres-ski bar in the Alpine resort of Verbier on December 21, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

6. Denmark

Jytte Margrete Frederiksen, 83, is being vaccinated as one of the first Danes in Ishoj, Denmark on December 27, 2020. Mads Claus Rasmussen/AFP via Getty Images

7. The Netherlands

Medical personnel wearing full protective suits are seen as they treat a patient infected with the coronavirus in the ICU at Maastricht UMC+ Hospital in Maastricht, Netherlands, on November 10, 2020. Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters

8. Germany

Nurses have their daily shift handover briefing on the medical treatment for patients suffering from the coronavirus at the COVID-19 isolation ward of DRK Kliniken Berlin Mitte hospital in Berlin, Germany, on November 11, 2020. Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters

9. Italy

A man walks past a billboard raising awareness about the new coronavirus that reads "Altogether, without fear," in Naples, Italy on March 22, 2020. Carlo Hermann /AFP/Getty

10. Canada

A nurse is inoculated with the Pfizer/BioNTEch coronavirus vaccine in Toronto, Canada, on December 14, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio

11. Japan

An electric appliance store staff wearing a face mask works at the cash desk on December 27, 2020, in Tokyo, Japan. Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images

12. Lebanon

A guard checks a woman's temperature before she enters a building in Beirut, Lebanon, Dec. 23, 2020. Xinhua/Bilal Jawich via Getty Images

13. Singapore

A couple with face masks walk through Singapore during the coronavirus outbreak on March 14, 2020. Ee Ming Toh/AP

14. Australia

Long lines form outside a COVID-19 test site in Shepparton, Australia, on October 15, 2020. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

15. South Africa

A volunteer receives an injection for a potential vaccine against COVID-19 at the Baragwanath Hospital on June 28, 2020, in Soweto, South Africa. Felix Dlangamandla/Beeld/Gallo Images via Getty Images

16. Nigeria

Bidemi Aye receives a pre-paid debit card for cash and food provided by World Food Programme (WFP) in a makeshift home in the Makoko riverine slum settlement in Lagos, Nigeria on November 27, 2020. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

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