* DENMARK has identified 33 infections with the variant spreading in Britain, authorities said on Dec. 24. * FRANCE, with the highest number of coronavirus cases in the European Union, recorded its first case of a variant in a Frenchman arriving back from London. * SOUTH KOREA said the variant found in Britain was found in three people who had entered South Korea from London on Dec 22. * The variant spreading in Britain appears to have infected two students who returned to HONG KONG from the UK, the Department of Health said last week. * PAKISTAN health officials said on Tuesday the variant found in Britain had been detected in the southern province of Sindh.

Source: bd News24 December 29, 2020 18:11 UTC