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A coronavirus strain that emerged in Spain in June has spread across Europe and now makes up a large proportion of infections in several countries, researchers say, highlighting the role of travel in the pandemic and the need to track mutations.
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Germany and France have been ordered into lockdown due to a rapidly surging second wave of coronavirus cases, with German chancellor Angela Merkel saying 75 per cent of new infections could no longer be tracked.
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Countries that had experienced a northern summer respite from coronavirus outbreaks are tracking swiftly rising numbers of new cases, prompting fears among health authorities that months of hard-won progress could be lost in just days as holiday-makers return home.
US states are reporting record jumps in virus deaths, as European countries ramp up restrictions and the global death toll passes 660,000.
