Here’s a quick summary of what has happened around the world over the last 24 hours, brought to you exclusively by British Herald.
England’s new COVID-19 hotel quarantine system for arrivals from high-risk countries is running smoothly after it was introduced earlier, the health minister said.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would plot a cautious but irreversible path out of the COVID-19 lockdown this week after the vaccination of 15 million vulnerable people.
Britain’s drug regulator is auditing manufacturing processes at Serum Institute of India (SII) which could pave the way for AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to be shipped from there to the UK and other countries, according to two sources close to the matter.
President Joe Biden will hold his first event with other leaders from the Group of Seven nations in a virtual meeting to discuss the coronavirus pandemic, the world economy and dealing with China, the White House said.
German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz lauded Italy’s new Prime Minister Mario Draghi as a “true European” with expertise in fiscal policy, adding he was confident Rome would quickly present a reform package to unleash European recovery funds.
Iran said on Monday it will block snap inspections by the UN nuclear watchdog from next week if other parties to the 2015 nuclear deal do not fulfil their obligations, a challenge to US President Joe Biden’s hope of reviving the accord.
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