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Ireland introduces new Covid curbs and UK Day 2 tests under fire

Government
Rob Gill
18 November 2021

Ireland and several other EU countries are reintroducing Covid-19 restrictions as a fourth wave of Covid-19 infection takes its toll on the continent.

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The airline industry has also hit out at the UK government’s continued requirement for travellers to take a Day 2 Covid test, which they say is “unjustified”.

Meanwhile, authorities in Canada have declared a state of emergency in British Columbia after the province was hit by a major storm.

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