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FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference in response to the ongoing situation with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street, London, Britain, January 5, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool/File Photo
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'One-way road to freedom': Johnson sets out cautious lockdown exit plan

Starting in two weeks with the reopening of schools, the phased plan will go through four stages with at least five weeks in between each stage

A Canadian flag flies in front of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, March 22, 2017/ Reuters
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Canada to quarantine travelers, suspend flights south

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy speaks after a televised debate moderated by journalist Jeroen Pauw, on the eve of European elections in Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 23, 2019. REUTERSPiroschka van de Wouw
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Dutch government says won’t bow to curfew riot ‘scum’

Women with protective face masks walk on the University of Michigan campus, where state health officials in Michigan issued a stay-in-place order for undergraduate students, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, US, October 26, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File photo
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As pandemic worsens, most US states resist restrictions

Mobile banking slowed at 2020 end as Covid restrictions eased
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Mobile banking slowed at 2020 end as Covid restrictions eased

FILE PHOTO: A public health warning message is posted amidst the tightening of regulations to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sydney, Australia, December 30, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
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Three Australian cities told to get Covid tests and isolate

Photo: Collected.
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Saudi Arabia ends entry ban, keeps some coronavirus restrictions

DJs were part of the huge illegal rave in a disused hangar JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER AFP
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Alarm in France after 2,500 mass for illegal rave

UK says more of England to go into top tier of Covid restrictions
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UK says more of England to go into top tier of Covid restrictions

UK PM Boris Johnson. File Photo: Reuters
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UK to bring in new higher tier of Covid restrictions for London, southeast England