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Britain’s split from the European Union took full effect as 2021 began. Here is a guide to what it means, how it came about and what the future might hold.

What Does a More Contagious Virus Mean for Schools? The coronavirus variant discovered in Britain is more easily spread among children, as it is among adults. Current safeguards should protect schools, experts said, but only if strictly enforced. Children in Knutsford, England, returning to school this month following a Christmas break.Credit...Martin Rickett/PAMPC, via Associated Press [Here’s how you can get the .] It wasn’t until last fall that many parents started to breathe easier, as it became clear that elementary schools, at least, were not cesspools of infection with the coronav...

A Worker Accused of Spoiling More Than 500 Vaccine Doses Is Arrested Last Updated Feb. 16, 2021, 7:29 a.m. ETFeb. 16, 2021, 7:29 a.m. ET Senator David Perdue quarantines as a critical runoff in Georgia nears. The U.S. reaches 20 million cases. And China approved its first Covid-19 vaccine. Here’s what you need to know: The Moderna vaccine can be distributed more widely because it can be stored at normal freezer temperatures.Credit...Cooper Neill for The New York Times A pharmacist at a Wisconsin hospital has been arrested and accused of intentionally removing more than 500 doses of coronav...

As U.S. Vaccine Drive Lags, Fast-Moving Coronavirus Variant Is Making Inroads Last Updated Jan. 9, 2021, 10:40 a.m. ETJan. 9, 2021, 10:40 a.m. ET New York, moving toward a targeted reopening, will allow some fans to attend a football game. Britain approves the vaccine from AstraZeneca and Oxford. Here’s what you need to know: People waiting in line to be vaccinated at a library in Bonita Springs, Fla., on Tuesday.Credit...Octavio Jones for The New York Times A slower-than-expected vaccine rollout in the United States may be about to meet a fast-moving new variant of the coronavirus. Officia...

The New York Times didn’t show much Christmas spirit when it likened the sudden stringent new Christmas-season corona restrictions put in place by U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Brexit. The paper has always been hostile to both Brexit (the 2016 popular vote that called for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union) and conservative party leader Boris Johnson. Reporters Benjamin Mueller and Isabella Kwai sounded like vengeful lefties in Tuesday’s story piling on to Britain’s Christmas-time woes: “As Borders Are Sealed Over Virus Fears, a Taste of Looming Br...