A version of this story appeared in the December 22 edition of CNN's Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. Meanwhile, countries around the world are imposing travel bans on the United Kingdom to stem the transmission of a coronavirus variant that health authorities believe can spread faster than others. Q: Will the vaccines work against the new variant? Four cases of the UK Covid-19 variant have been detected in Australia, the country's Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said Monday. Taiwan, home to one of the most successful pandemic responses in the world, has recorded its first locally-transmitted case of coronavirus since April.

Source: CNN December 22, 2020 11:26 UTC