Here’s a quick summary of what has happened around the world over the last 24 hours, brought to you exclusively by British Herald.
Britain’s government reported 53,135 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the highest number since mass testing started in mid-2020 and up sharply from the previous record of 41,385 set.
Britain’s government needs to bring in tighter coronavirus lockdown rules to avert a fresh wave of deaths from a new strain of the disease, a leading epidemiologist and government advisor warned.
A study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has concluded that Britain must vaccinate two million people a week to avoid a third wave of the coronavirus outbreak.
US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received a COVID-19 vaccination live on television, as the incoming Biden administration seeks to boost confidence in the inoculation even while warning it will be months before it is available to all.
An array of Palestinian militant groups launched rockets into the Mediterranean Sea off the Gaza Strip at the start of what they called their first-ever joint exercise, which Israeli media described as a show of force organised by Iran.
Russia’s prison service on Monday gave Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a last minute ultimatum: Fly back from Germany at once and report at a Moscow office early, or be jailed if you return after that deadline.
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