WHO urges rich countries to stop making bilateral deals with manufacturers; Denmark to restrict entry from all countries after today * Pfizer vaccine protects against new Covid variants, study suggests * Iran bans importation of UK and US vaccines * Which countries have reported the new UK Covid variant? * Arizona becomes Covid hotspot of the world * UK coronavirus – latest updates 6.14pm GMT Madrid, Andalusia and the Balearic Islands became the latest regions in SPAIN to announce tougher coronavirus restrictions on Friday, following similar moves by Castile and Leon, and Catalonia, according to REUTERS. Authorities in the Madrid region, which has one of the country’s highest rates of infection, at 452 cases per 100,000 people, extended localised lockdowns to about 40 neighbourhoods. 6.01pm GMT HELENA SMITH, our correspondent in Athens, has more on the decision in GREECE to prolong a nationwide lockdown by another week. The country’s deputy minister for civil protection and crisis management, Nikos Hardalias, said the decision to extend Covid-19 curbs means retail stores, hairdressers and bookshops will remain closed until 18 January. Continue reading...
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