Canada's most populous province announces new lockdown

Dec 22,2020
Canada's most populous province, Ontario, will impose a new lockdown beginning Saturday for its 14 million inhabitants, its premier announced Monday as Covid-19 cases climb.
EU approves first coronavirus vaccine
Dec 22
The EU finally gave the green light for the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Monday, paving the way for the first inoculations to start across 27 countries just days after Christmas.
WHO analyzing new variant of coronavirus
Dec 22
The World Health Organization is analyzing a new variant of the coronavirus found to be spreading in the United Kingdom.
UK faces disruptions as new variant spreads
Dec 22
Britain is facing disruptions as countries ban flights and other travel from the UK over concerns about the spread of a new variant of the coronavirus.
Chile extends curfew amid rise in COVID-19 cases
Dec 22
Chile will extend an existing curfew by two hours each day starting Saturday to contain the increasing COVID-19 infections, said health authorities.
Argentine official warns community transmission of COVID-19 over upcoming holidays
Dec 22
Argentina's Ministry of Health on Monday warned the public about the persistence of community transmission of the COVID-19, and urged caution over the Christmas and New Year holidays.
Countries that have blocked travel from UK
Dec 21
Countries around the world have begun banning flights and travellers from Britain as London said the spread of a more-infectious new coronavirus strain was "out of control".