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FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, June 5, 2018, a plane takes off over a road sign near Heathrow Airport in London. Travelers are packing their bags, café-owners are polishing their cutlery and stage performers are warming up as Britain prepared for a major step out of lockdown. But excitement at the reopening of travel and hospitality vied with anxiety about a more contagious variant spreading in the country. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)
UK readies for major reopening but new variant sparks worry

By Jill Lawless May. 16, 2021 07:29 AM EDT

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he answers a question from the media at a press conference about the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, in London, Friday, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)
UK races to test, vaccinate as virus variant threatens plans

By Jill Lawless May. 15, 2021 05:48 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2015, file photo, Mt. Everest is seen from the way to Kalapatthar in Nepal. China will draw a “separation line” atop Mount Everest to prevent the coronavirus from being spread by climbers ascending Nepal's side of the mountain, Chinese state media reported Monday. (AP Photo/Tashi Sherpa, File)
The Latest: Florida's amusement parks loosen mask wearing

By The Associated Press May. 15, 2021 01:26 AM EDT

FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, a French gendarme patrols the beach in Ambleteuse near Calais, northern France. Fifteen migrants have been saved Tuesday Oct. 27, 2020, and rescue and search operations are still under way, but at least four migrants, including a 5-year-old and 8-year-old child, have died Tuesday when their boat capsized while they and other migrants tried to cross the English Channel to Britain, French authorities said. (AP Photo Michel Spingler, FILE)
France ends search after Channel capsize kills family of 4

By Angela Charlton And Jill Lawless Oct. 28, 2020 07:31 AM EDT

Keith McKenzie closesthe outside area of The Grill, after bars, cafes and restaurants were ordered to close as lockdown restrictions were reimposed due to a coronavirus cluster in the area, in Aberdeen, Scotland, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. A five-mile travel rule has been put in place and residents are being told not to enter each other's houses as First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said over 50 cases have now been reported. (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)
Lockdown reimposed in Scottish city over virus 'cluster'

By Sylvia Hui Aug. 05, 2020 10:33 PM EDT