Elsewhere,
Al Jazeera reports that head of the UK genetic surveillance programme
Sharon Peacock has warned that the B.1.1.7 variant — which was first recorded in Kent in September — is likely to “sweep the world” and become the most dominant global strain of the virus.
PS: In arts news, the Adelaide Fringe festival has been left scrambling ahead of its February 19 start date,
The Guardian reports, after South Australia shut its border to Melbourne residents.
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