UK cases at five-month low; Brazil sees fifth day of more than 1,300 deaths – as it happened
by Jedidajah Otte (now), Clea Skopeliti and Mattha Bu from on (#5EQJH)
Wales allows households with a baby to bubble; Italy announces further restrictions; UK records 290 deaths and 7,434 cases - follow all the day's news as it happens
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- House approves $1.9tn Covid aid bill despite minimum wage setback
- New Zealand: Auckland to go into seven-day Covid lockdown
- One million Covid vaccine doses administered in Wales
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