UK reports 1,564 Covid-19 deaths – highest daily figure since pandemic began
Soaring daily death toll breaks record set last week
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Soaring daily death toll breaks record set last week
Chancellor fears the spread of viral mutation that has rampaged throughout the UK
SHARE German Chancellor Angel Merkel warned that a new strict lockdown would last for at least 10 weeks after a strain of Covid-19 that surfaced in Britain could have triggered a rapid increase in contagion rates. Infections and fatalities have roughly doubled since the end of November in Germany, rising to nearly 2 million and almost 42,000 respectively. The infection rate has been climbing in recent days and reached 165 cases per 100,000 people on Tuesday, more than triple the level the government has determined to be manageable without wide-ranging contact restrictions. German officials a...
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