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Day: December 26, 2020
South Africa’s virus variant drives holiday surge of cases
South Africa’s normally joyful and lively Christmas celebrations have been dampened by the spike in new cases and deaths driven
Turkey to require negative COVID-19 test result for travel
Turkey is enacting precautions for international travel, requiring a negative COVID-19 test for passengers to enter the country starting Monday
After early success, S. Korea sleepwalks into virus crisis
South Korea had seemed to be winning the fight against the coronavirus: Quickly ramping up its testing, contact-tracing and quarantine
First confirmed cases in Spain of British virus variant: regional govt
Four cases of a coronavirus variant believed to be particularly infectious that recently emerged in Britain have been confirmed in
Spain receives first COVID vaccine doses
Spain received its first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Saturday, a day before the country is set to
First COVID vaccine doses arrive in France
France’s first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine were delivered early Saturday to the Paris hospital system’s central pharmacy outside
EU readies vaccine rollout as new virus strain spreads
The European Union teed up a vaccine rollout Saturday, even as countries in the bloc were forced back into lockdown
Russia tops 3 million COVID-19 infections
Russia on Saturday passed three million confirmed coronavirus infections, as authorities hold out against reimposing a national lockdown while the
France confirms first case on its soil of British virus variant
France has confirmed the first case of a new coronavirus variant that recently emerged in Britain, its health ministry said.
