Top 10 world news: New COVID-19 strain, Sydney lockdown, and more
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In an alarming development, a new strain of coronavirus has been found to be spreading more quickly. Efforts are on in the UK to determine if this means there will be a higher mortality rate. Meanwhile, US authorities are scampering to investigate the cyber attack. Parts of Sydney went in lockdown on Saturday to contain spread of coronavirus cases. Pfizer's COVID vaccine has got a go-ahead in Switzerland. Read this and more in the top 10 world news
Prime Minister Boris Johnson was already in a huddle with his senior ministers to discuss what urgent actions could be taken
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Reports say the hackers targeted groups in Britain, a US internet provider and a county government in Arizona.
The cluster of cases on Sydney's northern beaches grew to 38
Population of Switzerland is 8.6 million. It has secured around 15.8 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by striking deals with thre manufacturers
Turkey has recorded more than 1.9 million cases of Covid-19 and more than 17,600 deaths since the pandemic began a year ago
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Macron in a video message had said earlier that "my activity is a little slowed down due to the virus", while informing that he had to take care of "priority issues like the epidemic or, for example, Brexit."
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