Your Monday Briefing
variant of the coronavirus in Britain, how
China’s censors quashed virus news and the
new Muppets who are refugees.
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St. Pancras station in London on Sunday, as people waited to board final trains out of the capital before a new, stricter lockdown.Credit.Stefan Rousseau/Press Association, via Associated Press
A worrying virus variant in Britain
European countries began closing their borders to travelers from the United Kingdom a day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered a lockdown on London and most of England’s southeast. The British leader said the restrictions were necessary to curb a new, faster-spreading variant of the coronavirus.
Your Friday Briefing
South Korea with a vaccine months away, worries about another devastating
wild fire season in Australia and
backyard treasures found while stuck at home.
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South Korea faces ‘biggest ever’ wave
As other countries prepare to roll out vaccinations, South Korea is grappling with its biggest wave of coronavirus infections yet.
South Korea’s daily number of new cases was once as low as two per day. That number soared to 682 on Thursday, with health officials warning it could reach record highs in coming days. On Wednesday, 686 new cases were reported, the highest daily count since Feb. 29.