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Updated 10:08 a.m. ET, January 9, 2021
What you need to know
The US reported more than 4,000 Covid-19 deaths in a single day for the first time during the pandemic, Johns Hopkins University data showed.
The UK has introduced mandatory coronavirus testing for all international arrivals and extended a southern Africa travel ban to curb a new Covid-19 variant.
China has locked down Shijiazhuang,
a city of 11 million people in Hebei province, in an effort to contain the country s worst coronavirus flare-up in months.
Australia s Greater Brisbane has entered a three-day lockdown to stop the spread of the UK strain of Covid-19.
Major incident declared in London due to Covid-19 s pressure on hospitals
From CNN s Martin Goillandeau in London
Paramedics from the British Emergency Ambulance Response Service (BEARS) transport a patient to Guy s and St Thomas Hospital in London on January 7. Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has declared a “major incident” in the English capital “due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus (.) and the increase of Covid-19 cases in hospitals, which has left the NHS at risk of being overwhelmed,” according to a statement published on the Mayor’s office website on Friday.
The decision comes “as the number of Covid-19 cases in London has exceeded 1,000 per 100,000, putting immense pressure on an already stretched NHS,” the statement said.
Updated 10:08 a.m. ET, January 9, 2021
What you need to know
The US reported more than 4,000 Covid-19 deaths in a single day for the first time during the pandemic, Johns Hopkins University data showed.
The UK has introduced mandatory coronavirus testing for all international arrivals and extended a southern Africa travel ban to curb a new Covid-19 variant.
China has locked down Shijiazhuang,
a city of 11 million people in Hebei province, in an effort to contain the country s worst coronavirus flare-up in months.
Australia s Greater Brisbane has entered a three-day lockdown to stop the spread of the UK strain of Covid-19.