Leaders of Germany, France urge vigilance over virus variant

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The leaders of Germany and France have called for vigilance to prevent the spread of a coronavirus variant that this week prompted Britain to delay the planned relaxation of pandemic restrictions in England.

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Asked about travel related to the Euro2020 soccer tournament, Merkel said it was good to see thousands of fans at the recent Germany-France match in Munich again. Macron said it was important to be vigilant about the new variant and the European Union would discuss at an upcoming summit how to better harmonize travel restrictions during the pandemic — something the bloc has struggled to do more than a year after the start of the outbreak.

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The UK tests 1m+ per day and catches many more cases than EU who only test a fraction of that. There are many more infections in EU than reported. UK has 1,200 in hospital at moment italy has 4,000+ and France 12,000+ Full jabs UK 60% Italy & France 36%. EU lags way behind UK 🇬🇧

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