Austria to ban UK flights due to new COVID-19 strain

Austria announced on Sunday it will ban flights from Britain after the emergence of a new and more transmissible strain of COVID-19 there.
Tropical depression leaves 8 dead, 1 missing in Philippines 
Floodwaters and landslides triggered by a tropical depression that battered many areas in the Philippines over the weekend have left at least eight people dead, two injured and one missing, authorities said on Monday.
Canada to halt passenger flights from Britain to contain coronavirus
Canada is to halt the entry of passenger flights from Britain for 72 hours from midnight Sunday, authorities announced Sunday.
Netanyahu gets coronavirus jab, starting Israel rollout

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UK confirms new virus strain spreads more quickly

20 December

British PM orders new curbs to slow more infectious virus strain

Brazil's Bolsonaro warns virus vaccine can turn people into 'crocodiles'
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has launched an attack on coronavirus vaccines, even suggesting that the one developed by Pfizer-BioNTech could turn people into crocodiles or bearded ladies.