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In Manchester, a city in northwestern England, ten directors of public health are asking anyone who has travelled to the city-region from any Tier 4 area or Wales to act as if they have the new variant of Covid-19 and self-isolate for at least ten days when they arrive.
In a statement, the health leaders said:
The ten days should start from Saturday 19th December. This means remaining inside the house where they’re staying for the whole ten days. Other people who live in the house do not need to self isolate unless anyone gets symptoms, but no visitors should be allowed in that house at all, even on Christmas Day.
Turkey’s coronavirus-related deaths rose to a new daily record of 254 on Monday, even as new infections dipped for a sixth straight day to near 3,400, health ministry data showed, according to a report by Reuters.
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