Coronavirus live news: British tourists flee Swiss ski resort quarantine; inoculation in EU begins – as it happened
by Harry Taylor (now) and Matthew Weaver (earlier) from World news | The Guardian on (#5C40B)
Latest updates: first vaccine doses administered across Europe; Germany rollout delayed after potential irregularities in cooling of Pfizer shot
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- EU launches mass Covid-19 vaccination as new variant spreads
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- UK scientists call for nationwide lockdown after spread of variant
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12.33am GMT
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11.24pm GMT
Saudi Arabia has extended a ban on people entering by air, sea and land for another week, amid fears about new coronavirus variants.
Its interior ministry said it was assessing the current situation, and that non-citizens were still being allowed to leave, and entry is permitted in exceptional cases".
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