Health secretary says case rate too high to ease restrictions; Benjamin Netanyahu says during: ‘we are hermetically sealing the country’ * Vaccine experts call for clarity on UK’s 12-week Covid jab interval * ‘A complete massacre, a horror film’: inside Brazil’s Covid disaster * New Zealand records first Covid community case in two months * Rachel Clarke: ‘NHS staff are burning with frustration and grief’ * See all our coronavirus coverage 3.58pm GMT GREEK health authorities have reported a jump in the number of cases of the coronavirus variant first spotted in the UK. More worryingly, say epidemiologists, the new strain has been detected among people who have not travelled abroad. Mutations have been diagnosed across Greece, with a 27th case of the much more contagious variant appearing in the greater Attica region of Athens. The individual had reportedly not travelled abroad, perplexing infectious disease experts. 3.48pm GMT The new rules are reportedly set to come in for two weeks from 10pm GMT tomorrow after the ISRAELI cabinet banned passenger flights earlier today amid fears of the new variants. According to Haaretz, the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said during the government meeting: “We are ahead of the entire world. No nation has done what we are about to do – we are hermetically sealing the country.” Continue reading...
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