Covid live: France announces lockdown relaxation; Austrian parliament approves mandatory vaccination
by Samantha Lock (now); Tom Ambrose, Damien Gayle and from World news | The Guardian on (#5V6V0)
French PM says from February work from home guidance will be changed and nightclubs reopen; Austria will have Europe's first universal jabs mandate
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Hong Kong will likely suspend face-to-face teaching in secondary schools from 24 January, local media reports.
The city's Education Bureau made the announcement on Thursday, because of a rising number of coronavirus infections in several schools.
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