Scotland will go "at least as far" as England in enhancing measures at the border, the nation's deputy first minister says, as ministers consider the case for making people arriving in the UK stay in "quarantine hotels".
A pledge to vaccinate 70% of over-80s by the weekend was missed by the Welsh government. Weather has been blamed for why the target was not reached. Latest figures show 96,830 over-80s have received a first dose - that's 52.8% of the group, although there is a lag in the data.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has resigned amid divisions over spending in the coronavirus crisis, in which more than 85,000 Italians have died.
Rioters in the Netherlands clashed for a third night with police over coronavirus restrictions in defiance of a newly imposed curfew.
Protesters in Australia have defied Covid rules on Australia Day while protesting against the culturally sensitive holiday. Several people have been arrested.
The South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has condemned so-called vaccine nationalism by the world's wealthiest countries.
|