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UK tightens Covid-19 restrictions, as new South African variant detected

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British health minister Matt Hancock said on Wednesday more areas in England would be placed into the highest tier of coronavirus restrictions in a bid to curb the spread of a new, more transmissible variant of Covid-19 suspected to come from South Africa. FRANCE 24 correspondent Benedicte Paviot explains the latest.

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