Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 20 March 2021

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1. Fears of new Covid wave in UK

A surge in Covid cases across Europe threatens a new wave in Britain, the government fears. An increase in infections is forcing some regions on the continent back into lockdown. Ministers fear there will be a rise in cases here within weeks because rises in cases in France, Italy, Spain and Germany have foreshadowed similar trends in Britain several times during the crisis.

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