Name: 新病毒株籠罩英國，歐股受挫 (European shares hit as new virus strain grips UK)
Uploaded: 2020-12-22T18:15:45.000Z
Duration: 1 min 28 s

Many travel terminals in Europe stand eerily empty that after Britain imposed a more stringent locked down over the weekend, the rapid spread of a new strain of the coronavirus lead countries from Germany to Canada to ban travelers from Britain.

歐洲的許多旅行終端站在詭異的空，在英國週末實施更嚴格的鎖定後，新的冠狀病毒菌株迅速蔓延，導致從德國到加拿大的國家禁止從英國旅行者。

European shares slumped on Monday in response, the pan European Stocks 600 index slid around 2%.

歐股週一應聲下滑，泛歐斯托克600指數下滑約2%。

European neighbors, including Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, ordered a suspension of flights from Britain, while France's ban also included freight carriers, whether by road, air, sea or rail.

包括德國、意大利和荷蘭在內的歐洲鄰國下令暫停從英國起飛的班機，而法國的禁令也包括貨運航空公司，無論是公路、航空、海運還是鐵路。

No surprise that travel stocks took the news badly, shedding 5.5% in morning trade on on course for their worst day in three months.

不出所料，旅遊股受此消息影響嚴重，在早盤交易中下跌5.5%，有望迎來三個月來最糟糕的一天。

EasyJet and British Airways owner I A G both slid around 9%.

EasyJet和英國航空的老闆I A G都下滑了9%左右。

Oil majors also led losses in Europe as the new restrictions spurred worries about a hit to demand weighing on crude prices.

由於新的限制措施刺激了對需求受到打擊的擔憂，打壓原油價格，石油主力也在歐洲領跌。

US and international benchmark crude prices were down around 4%.

美國和國際基準原油價格下跌4%左右。

The new coronavirus strain is up to 70% more transmissible than the original and it couldn't come at a worst time.

新的冠狀病毒菌株比原來的病毒傳播性提高了70%，這是最糟糕的時刻了。

A Brexit trade deals still hangs in the balance with little time remaining to secure a deal.

Brexit貿易協議仍然懸而未決，確保達成協議的時間所剩無幾。

Sterling slumped nearly 2% against the dollar on Monday.

 Trade talks between Britain and the EU were expected to continue on Monday, with just days to go until a transition period expires at the end of the year. 

英國與歐盟之間的貿易談判預計將在週一繼續進行，距離年底過渡期到期僅剩幾天時間。