there have been protests in austria against the coronavirus lockdown, which has been extended until at least the 11th of december. unvaccinated people who break those rules now also face fines of up to 500 euros. the authorities in rio de janeiro have called off the city s famous new year celebrations on copacobana beach, after confirmation that the 0micron variant has reached brazil. the fireworks display normally attracts around two million people. but rio s mayor says he s reluctantly following the advice of scientists that it cannot go ahead. thousands of people have been evacuated from india s eastern 0disha and andruh pradesh states as a storm approaches. cyclone jawad is expected to make landfall on sunday. people have been told stay away from coastal areas. the woman who is set to become the first female president of honduras, xiomara castro, has said she will invite the un to oversee efforts to tackle corruption when she takes office next month.
you ve got another layer of complexity being added to travel. government approved quarantine hotels are set to get busier too. nigeria becomes the 11th country to be added to the growing travel red list, from early monday uk and irish citizens arriving from nigeria must self isolate for ten days at their own expense. while bolstering the borders might help slow the spread of the new variant, vaccines are the first line of defence. let s get some of the day s other news. scientists in botswana say the 0micron strain, which was first detected in a number of southern african countries more than a week ago, has probably been in circulation since september. health officials there say it could already have spread widely around the world before other countries started to impose travel bans. there have been protests in austria against the coronavirus lockdown which has been extended until at least the 11th of december. unvaccinated people who break those rules now also face fines of up to 500
peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. let s get some of the day s other news. scientists in botswana, say the 0micron strain, which was first detected in a number of southern african countries more than a week ago, has probably been in circulation since september. health officials there, say it could already have spread widely around the world, before other countries started to impose travel bans. there have been protests in austria against the coronavirus lockdown, which has been extended until at least the 11th of december. unvaccinated people who break those rules now also face fines of up to 500 euros. the authorities in rio de janeiro have called off the city s famous new year celebrations on copacobana beach, after confirmation that the 0micron variant has reached brazil. the fireworks display normally attracts around two million people. but rio s mayor says he s reluctantly following the advice of scientists that it cannot go ahead.
of complexity being added to travel. government approved quarantine hotels are set to get busier too. nigeria becomes the 11th country to be added to the growing travel red list, from early monday uk and irish citizens arriving from nigeria must self isolate for ten days at their own expense. while bolstering the borders might help slow the spread of the new variant, vaccines are the first line of defence. let s get some of the day s other news scientists in botswana say the 0micron strain, which was first detected in a number of southern african countries more than a week ago, has probably been in circulation since september. health officials there say it could already have spread widely around the world before other countries started to impose travel bans. there have been protests in austria against the coronavirus lockdown which has been extended until at least the 11th of december. unvaccinated people who break those rules now also face fines of up to 500 euros.
unvaccinated people who break those rules now also face fines of up to 500 euros. the former queen of the netherlands has tested positive for covid. princess beatrix, who s 83, is at home in isolation, in accordance with dutch coronavirus regulations. the netherlands has been experiencing a record breaking wave of covid i9 cases, which is threatening to overwhelm the country s health care system. the authorities in rio de janeiro have called off the city s famous new year celebrations on copacabana beach, after confirmation that the 0micron variant has reached brazil. the fireworks display normally attracts around two million people. but rio s mayor says he s reluctantly following the advice of scientists that it cannot go ahead.