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Newsday: 26/11/2021 07:06 GMT : Covid-19: WHO to hold emergency meeting on new variant

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26/11/2021 07:06 GMT : Covid-19: WHO to hold emergency meeting on new variant

Covid-19: WHO to hold emergency meeting on new variant

BBC World Service - Newsday, Covid-19: WHO to hold emergency meeting on new variant

Scientists fear the variant - known as B.1.1.529 - could be most transmissible of all

Scientists fear the variant - known as B.1.1.529 - could be more transmissible and better able to evade vaccines.

As news emerges of a highly transmissible Covid-19 variant in South Africa the UK has moved to impose travel restrictions.  

The death toll following a Siberian mine explosion has continued to rise, as investigators make arrests in connection with the tragedy. 

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