Two teen activists held in China to be sent back to Hong Kong
Two teenage pro-democracy campaigners among a group of 12 Hong Kong activists held in China will be sent back to the city on Wednesday, police said.
The "Hong Kong 12" were arrested by the Chinese coastguard on August 23 as they allegedly tried to escape the city by speedboat for sanctuary in Taiwan.
Wednesday's handover comes as verdicts for the other 10 were expected to be handed down by a court in the southern city of Shenzhen on charges of illegally crossing the border or arranging for others to do so.
The two teens, aged 16 and 17, were expected to be handed back by Shenzhen authorities to the city's police force at the border around noon (0400 GMT).
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"Today we discovered Colorado's first case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7, the same variant discovered in the UK," state governor Jared Polis tweeted.
He attached an official statement from his office and state health officials that said the individual is a "male in his 20s who is currently in isolation in Elbert County and has no travel history."
The individual had no close contacts, the statement said, but the situation will continue to be monitored "very closely" and authorities are working to identify other potential cases through contact tracing.
The Washington Post reported that the Colorado case is the first known infection of the variant virus to be recorded in the United States. The first two variant cases on the North American continent were discovered in Canada over the weekend.
Fears have been raised by the new strain of Covid-19, which experts say is potentially more transmissible.
More than 3,000 cases of the variant have already been reported in the UKand dozens of countries in Europe and around the world, according to the EU health agency ECDC.
In South Africa, more than 300 cases of another variant have been recorded. Three cases of that strain variant have been confirmed in Europe -- two in the UK and one in Finland -- but all three have been connected to people returning from South Africa.
Covid-19: Britain hits new daily record of more than 50,000 cases
Britain on Tuesday registered a new daily high of more than 53,000 Covid-19 cases, as concern mounted about spiralling numbers of positive tests and pressure on health services.
UK Government figures showed 53,135 people had tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, up from 41,385 the previous day, taking the overall number of cases to 2,382,865.
A further 414 deaths were recorded within 28 days of a positive test, increasing the country's toll to 71,567.
More than 24 million people, or 43 percent of England alone, are already living under strict stay-at-home measures, with bars, restaurants, pubs and other entertainment closed.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock is due to update parliament on Wednesday about whether to tighten the screw further, as hospitals enter their busiest period during the winter months.
Samantha Batt-Rawden, a critical care doctor who is also president of the Doctors Association UK, said medical staff were at "breaking point", with oxygen and equipment shortages.
"We are incredibly thin on the ground. NHS (National Health Service) staff have not been prioritised for the vaccine and are going off sick in droves with the new strain," she said.
"(Hospital) trusts are so desperate they are tweeting out for medical students to help in ICU," she tweeted, urging the public to follow guidance to stop the close-contact spread.
Health chiefs said there were now more patients in hospital in England than during the initial peak of the outbreak in April, with a new strain blamed for the rise.
NHS England figures showed there were 20,426 Covid patients in the country's hospitals on Monday, more than the previous high of 18,974 peak on April 12 during the first wave.
Testing is now much more extensive, which could account for the high numbers. But the true picture is likely to be worse, as not all four countries of the UK reported over Christmas.
"Many of us have lost family, friends, colleagues and -- at a time of year when we would normally be celebrating -- a lot of people are understandably feeling anxious, frustrated and tired," said NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens.
"And now again we are back in the eye of the storm with a second wave of coronavirus sweeping Europe and, indeed, this country."
Action needed
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who survived Covid after having spent several days in intensive care, has been under pressure for his response to the outbreak.
Government advisor Andrew Hayward, professor of infectious diseases at University College London, said "decisive, early, national action" is now needed to prevent "a catastrophe" in January and February.
Britain is pinning its hopes on its mass vaccination programme, with the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab expected to receive approval shortly, according to reports.
More than 600,000 people had received a first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from December 8-20, the health ministry said on Christmas Eve.
"We think that by late spring with vaccine supplies continuing to come on stream we will have been able to offer all vulnerable people across this country Covid vaccination," said Stevens.
"That perhaps provides the biggest chink of hope for the year ahead."
Health trusts have been told to begin planning for the use of Nightingale field hospitals, the temporary facilities created during the first wave that have largely gone unused.
London and southeast England are currently bearing the brunt of the outbreak, with paramedics in the capital saying they are receiving up to 8,000 emergency calls each day.
London Ambulance Service said Boxing Day -- December 26 -- was one of its "busiest ever days".
The resurgence of the outbreak has hit Premier League football giants Manchester City, leading to the postponement of their game with Everton on Monday night.
France will not enforce a new lockdown for the time being to curb the spread of the coronavirus but it could soon impose an earlier curfew in eastern areas of the country, the worst-hit by infections, the health minister said on Tuesday.
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