The EU proposes member states stop all flights to and from southern Africa following the discovery of a new Covid-19 variant that scientists fear could beat vaccinations as countries follow Britain's decision to ban travel from the region over the discovery of a new coronavirus variant. The variant, which goes by the scientific label B.1.1.529, is blamed for a recent surge in infections in Africa's worst-hit country.

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