Europe crosses 500,000 Covid-19 deaths as new variant spreads
Published: Dec 23, 2020 1:57 AM | Updated: Dec 23, 2020 2:12 AM
Europe became the first region worldwide to cross 500,000 Covid-19 deaths on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, as a new variant of the coronavirus discovered in Britain threatened the region’s prevention measures to curb the pandemic.
Reports of the mutated variant out of England prompted a pre-Christmas lockdown and have forced dozens of countries close their borders to British travellers this week.
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