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Updated: Apr 5 2021, 8:44 ET
BRITAIN now has one of the lowest Covid death rates in Europe - while the number of people dying of all causes is at its lowest level since 2014, in spite of the pandemic.
Mocked as the sick man of Europe as coronavirus took hold last year, the dazzling success of the UK s jab s roll-out, combined with a tough lockdown - one of the strictest in the world - has forced down fatalities. Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates.
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In weekly figures to April 4, four Brits per million were dying of Covid - the fourth-lowest in Europe
APP AND AWAY
Pub-goers will be told to book a test immediately if they sit near a Covid-positive drinker in a pub.
New rules mean that every single person must be contact-traced at pubs, bars, and restaurants when outdoor hospitality opens on April 12.
And if punters have been around someone who later tests positive, they will be pinged and told to book a test immediately.
People will be alerted via the app – regardless of whether they have Covid symptoms or not.
Niamh Cavanagh
GREECE: STORES OPEN AMID VIRUS SURGE TO HELP RESCUE ECONOMY
Retail stores across most of Greece were allowed to reopen Monday despite an ongoing surge in COVID-19 infections, as the country battled to emerge from deep recession.
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All viruses change through random mutations. Through genomic sequencing we now know that the UK epidemic was seeded by more than 1,000 distinct variants from people returning from Italy, Spain and France in February and March 2020, explaining why we got off to such a bad start. These tiny changes are mostly inconsequential. Sometimes the virus gets lucky and spreads more easily, or causes more severe illness, in which case it earns the label.