Agreement lays groundwork for more comprehensive agreement in future

Three UK-returned passengers test positive for new variant

There were 357 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test

Those dying with Covid-19 on their death certificates puts the UK’s death toll at 79,349

Govt hopes to give the first dose of Oxford or the Pfizer vaccine to 2 million people over the next two weeks

The new variant of coronavirus was detected in Sweden after a traveller from the United Kingdom tested positive

Recognises that trade and investment require conditions for “a level playing field for open and fair competition”

French and British governments agree to end the blockade

South Africa identifies a new variant of coronavirus, which authorities believe is driving a surge in infections

In stepped-up efforts to prevent a new variant of the novel coronavirus from spreading