In the wake of the coronavirus crisis and its restrictions in the United Kingdom, all consular services have been suspended until February 20, said Indian Embassy in the United Kingdom.

The Embassy’s  tweet read: "All Consular Services by @HCI_London will remain suspended till 20.02.2021 due to #COVID19 #Tier5 restrictions imposed by the Government of the UK and in light of health threat to the service seekers posed by fast spreading of the new COVID-19 variant,"

Amid the continuing pandemic, the new strain of coronavirus first found in the UK has caused a stir as it is reported to be more transmissible than other SARS-CoV-2 variants. The variant has now been detected in multiple countries around the world. According to Johns Hopkins University, the UK has recorded 2,782,709 COVID-19 cases and 76,428 deaths so far.

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