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Newsday: 26/11/2021 06:06 GMT : Covid-19: Rising concerns about a new variant

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26/11/2021 06:06 GMT : Covid-19: Rising concerns about a new variant

Covid-19: Rising concerns about a new variant

BBC World Service - Newsday, Covid-19: Rising concerns about a new variant

New covid variant drives UK to ban travellers from six countries in southern Africa

Britain is banning travellers from six countries in southern Africa because of concerns about a new coronavirus variant.

With warnings emerging about a new Covid 19 variant in South Africa, the UK has acted to limit travel to six southern African nations. 

A third day of unrest in the Solomon Islands with mobs descending on the Chinatown area of the capital, brandishing knives and axes. 

And the rapidly rising divorce rates among albatrosses - environmental damage is putting unbearable stresses on the relationships of these ocean going birds.

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