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#BREAKING #Canada detects first #coronavirus variant cases: health officials

#UPDATE The first cases of a particularly infectious #coronavirus variant that recently emerged in Britain have been confirmed in Canada - among a couple "with no known travel history, exposure or high-risk contacts," a medical official said u.afp.com/UoiS

Some European countries started rolling out their first #coronavirus vaccines even as a reputedly more contagious variant spread around the world

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Japan will halt all new non-resident foreign arrivals coming from overseas starting Monday until late January, as the country reported its first cases of a new #coronavirus strain
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