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Austria warns against travel to Tirol after Bavaria threatens border closure
German state worried at Austrian region’s plan to relax lockdown despite rise of South African variant Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Austria is warning against non-essential…
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Coronavirus live news: Argentina finds first cases of Brazilian variants; France bans homemade masks in schools
Argentina detects first cases of two Brazilian variants in travellers; staff and pupils in France must wear Category 1 face masks Oxford vaccine ‘10% effective against South African variant’ US…
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UK Covid live: Hotel contracts for quarantine scheme launching next week not yet signed, No 10 admits
Latest updates: No 10 says no contracts have yet been awarded to hotels expected to manage the hotel quarantine system Oxford vaccine ‘10% effective against South African variant’ How can…
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How can Covid vaccines be tweaked to tackle new variants?
Drugmakers are looking at ways to improve their vaccines so they are ready for mutations of the virus Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Emerging variants of…
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Covid: US reporting fewer new cases but study warns variant may cause surge
Less than 100,000 new cases reported on Sunday while researchers found B117 variant to be doubling in roughly over one week The US has reported fewer new Covid-19 cases and…
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Ireland to crack down on ‘Dublin dodge’ used to evade UK travel ban
Travellers from Middle East using Irish capital as a backdoor into Britain to swerve coronavirus rules Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Irish government has promised…
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Boris Johnson says border controls are most effective when Covid rates are lower – video
The prime minister said in an interview in Derby: ‘They are most effective, border controls, when you’ve got the rate of infection down in your country.’ Johnson added that the…
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Tesla $1.5bn bitcoin purchase triggers new record high – as it happened
Rolling live coverage of business, economics and financial markets as US electric carmaker promises to accept payments in cryptocurrency Bitcoin price surges to $44,868, a new record World shares hit…
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Hostile environment ‘will cut Covid vaccine uptake among migrants’
Government says residents will be offered jab without charge or checks on immigration status Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The hostile environment for migrants means many…
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Coronavirus vaccine: China’s strong ties with Serbia create a stepping stone into European market
As European nations struggle with shortages of Covid-19 vaccines, China has stepped in with supplies to Serbia and Hungary, reaping the political benefits of its soft diplomacy strategy on the…