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Australia coronavirus live: Bondi Icebergs pool on Covid alert as new rules kick in for Christmas Eve in Sydney

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Greater Sydney residents able to have 10 visitors plus under-12s for next three days; air crew quarantine in the spotlight; Sydney test still undecided. Follow all the latest news and updates, live

9.24pm GMT

Christmas may have been partially salvaged for Sydney’s coronavirus-hit northern beaches, but experts are calling on authorities to consider canning the city’s New Year’s Eve celebrations.

The Australian Medical Association president, Omar Khorshid, has welcomed NSW’s four-tier system for Christmas gatherings which begins on Thursday, describing it as a “cautious approach”.

9.24pm GMT

Police say they are expecting long delays on the Tweed Heads-Coolangatta border. Yesterday, travellers waited up to 90 minutes on the NSW-Queensland border.

The traffic on the border between Coolangatta and the Tweed is building with more delays expected today. @R_DAlessandro9 #9News pic.twitter.com/QR5i60Okv1

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Coronavirus live news: another new variant found in South Africa travellers; Canada approves Moderna vaccine

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More areas of England moved up into tiers 4 and 3; UK has highest recorded daily rise in cases; new variant discovered in travellers from South Africa

Millions more under tier 4 restrictions in England from Boxing Day
Trump demands changes to sign $900bn stimulus bill
Australian officials scramble after Qantas crew member tests positive
Covid fatalities soar in Mexico as president condemned for inaction

7.44pm GMT

New York has started requiring international visitors to quarantine on Wednesday to safeguard against the new variant of Covid-19 coming from the UK.

As the city’s next group of essential workers, paramedics and first responders, lined up to get the vaccine, Mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters that travellers would receive a city order via certified mail.

#BREAKING: Mayor Bill de Blasio announces new “tough rules” for UK travelers: “We’re going to have sheriff’s deputies go to the home or the hotel of every single traveler coming in from the UK.” pic.twitter.com/DDo7RfpkFZ

7.22pm GMT

Peru is set to receive a “significant batch” of vaccines from the Covax alliance during the first quarter in 2021, the interim president, Francisco Sagasti, said on Wednesday.

The Covax global alliance was designed to help secure Covid-19 vaccines to poor and middle-income countries. It hopes to deliver at least 2bn doses by the end of 2021.

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Kent volunteers make pizzas and hot meals for stranded lorry drivers – video

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A Kent football team made 200 pizzas and delivered them to stranded lorry drivers on the M20 and Manston airport on Tuesday night.

Hot meals were also provided by a Sikh charity and delivered by Gravesend’s Gurwara Sikh community as thousands of lorry drivers waited for information after France closed its border with the UK for fear of a new variant of Covid-19

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Coronavirus live news: UK records 744 more Covid deaths; ‘second new variant’ found in South Africa travellers

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More areas of England moved up into tiers 4 and 3; UK has highest recorded daily rise in cases; new variant discovered in travellers from South Africa

Millions more under tier 4 restrictions in England from Boxing Day
Trump demands changes to sign $900bn stimulus bill
Australian officials scramble after Qantas crew member tests positive
Covid fatalities soar in Mexico as president condemned for inaction

4.40pm GMT

Israel has detected four cases of the new, highly infectious variant of the coronavirus that emerged in the UK, the Israeli health ministry said.

4.37pm GMT

A summary of the increased restrictions for England:

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Coronavirus live news: Matt Hancock expected to announce new tier 4 areas in England in Downing Street press conference

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New variant already in ‘great majority if not all’ European countries, says Professor Neil Ferguson; UK R number rises to between 1.1 and 1.3

UK ferry passengers disembark in Calais after France eases travel ban
More of England could move into tier 4 from Boxing Day, says minister
Trump demands changes to sign $900bn stimulus bill
Australian officials scramble after Qantas crew member tests positive
Covid fatalities soar in Mexico as president condemned for inaction

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2.46pm GMT

Africa needs about $9bn to fund enough Covid-19 vaccines to halt the pandemic on the continent, but a bigger problem is accessing that supply amid the global race for doses, an African Export Import Bank official said on Wednesday.

African nations cannot compete with wealthier governments that have secured huge supplies of inoculations, Hippolyte Fofack, Afreximbank chief economist, told Reuters.

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Coronavirus live news: new variant already in ‘great majority if not all’ European countries, says expert

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Preliminary data suggest viral loads higher in new variant, says Nervtag professor; UK entrants to France must have negative test

UK ferry passengers disembark in Calais after France eases travel ban
More of England could move into tier 4 from Boxing Day, says minister
Trump demands changes to sign $900bn stimulus bill
Australian officials scramble after Qantas crew member tests positive
Covid fatalities soar in Mexico as president condemned for inaction

12.13pm GMT

The Irish Government has said a member of the Cabinet has tested positive for Covid-19.

All other ministers will now restrict their movements pending coronavirus tests and results.

A member of Cabinet has tested positive for Covid-19,” said a Government statement.

“In line with public health advice, all ministers are restricting their movements while awaiting a Covid test and result.”

12.10pm GMT

French President Emmanuel Macron is showing signs of improvement after testing positive for Covid-19 last week, his office said.

Macron, 43, is in quarantine at the presidential retreat of La Lanterne, close to the Palace of Versailles.

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A perfect storm has pitched the UK economy into troubled waters

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Post date December 23, 2020
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Analysis: A new Covid variant, tougher lockdowns, record redundancies and clogged ports have arrived as Brexit turmoil looms

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Britain’s economy is suffering increasing damage from the rapid growth in Covid infections, renewed lockdown measures, and turmoil over Brexit at the end of the worst year for growth in three centuries, according to a Guardian analysis.

With negotiations going down to the wire amid vast tailbacks at Dover before the Brexit transition expires on New Year’s Eve, the latest figures from the UK economy show stalling growth, falling retail sales, and redundancies rising at the fastest rate since records began.

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Coronavirus live news: Norway extends UK flights suspension; first British passengers arrive in France after ban

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Norwegian health minister says decision whether to further extend ban will be made on 26 December; UK entrants to France must have negative test; Europe had nearly half world’s weekly deaths

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9.59am GMT

China’s biggest airline has become the latest company to halt direct flights to and from London after the emergence of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain.

China Southern Airlines will suspend travel from 24 December to 7 January, state radio reported on Wednesday. The airline has been operating a weekly flight between its hub Guangzhou and London.

9.44am GMT

Bulgaria is set to resume flights from the UK from 10am on Wednesday, the government has announced.

The Balkan country is one of more than 40 nations that suspended travel from the UK amid a new coronavirus strain spreading across the country, closing its borders on Sunday.

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‘Glamping’ at Singapore airport offers in-tents retail therapy

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Guests grounded by Covid can ‘wake up to the refreshing view of the majestic HSBC Rain Vortex’ or peg a bargain in the shops

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Singapore’s Changi airport is charging customers up to $269 per night for the chance to camp in a tent in its retail wing, the latest unusual travel experience aimed at boosting revenue during the pandemic.

Tickets for the “glamping” experience, which have already sold out, offer guests the chance to “wake up to the refreshing view of the majestic HSBC Rain Vortex”, the world’s largest indoor waterfall. Tents are four metres in diameter and come with blankets. Shopping discounts are also included.

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Coronavirus live news: Singapore stops entry or transit from UK; first British passengers arrive in France after ban

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UK entrants to France must have negative Covid test … Europe had nearly half world’s weekly deaths, says WHO … Anthony Fauci ‘extremely confident’ in vaccine. Follow latest updates

5.11am GMT

India has recorded 23,950 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking its total cases to 10.1m, the health ministry said on Wednesday. Fewer than 300,000 of those 10.1m cases are currently infected with the coronavirus, the health ministry said.

Daily cases have been dipping steadily in India since hitting a peak in September, although the country still has the second-highest infections in the world, after the United States.

4.40am GMT

Passengers from the UK disembarked from ferries in the port of Calais early Wednesday, AFP reports, following Britain and France’s deal easing the travel ban imposed over the discovery of a new coronavirus variant.

The “Cotes des Flandres” ferry – the first ship to leave Dover after the restrictions were lifted – arrived at around 3.30 am (0230 GMT), followed shortly afterwards by P&O’s “Spirit of France”.