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11.02pm GMT
The Brazilian pharmaceutical company that plans to produce Russia's coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V said on Tuesday it expects to overcome regulatory obstacles in two or three" days to obtain authorisation to make and sell the shot in Brazil.
Reuters reports that, after a 5-hour video conference with Uniao Quimica executives and members of Moscow's Gamaleya Institute, Brazil's health regulator Anvisa said there was still information missing before it could approve the vaccine.
10.08pm GMT
Greece will begin accepting test-run flights from the UK next month, while Spain has announced that the entry restrictions on flights from Britain that have been in place since late December will be lifted next week.
Greece's tourism minister, Haris Theoharis, said while Athens' ambition remained to open up to holidaymakers from 14 May, border controls would also be relaxed in April when some" airports were allowed to receive traffic from abroad.
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