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French PM Confirms Leaders Meeting On New COVID-19 Variant

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French Prime Minister Jean Castex has confirmed that he will talk with other EU leaders in the coming hours in an effort to coordinate a bloc-wide response to the emergence of the new B.1.1.529 'Nu' variant of COVID-19 in southern Africa.

  • A number of countries have already barred entry to flights from the affected region, or have placed them on the strictest level of quarantine requirements.

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