id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6725 Portal:Current events - Wikipedia .html text/html 7913 1017 65 Prime Minister Jean Castex announces the closure of borders to all travellers outside the European Union beginning January 31 in order to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants and avoid a third lockdown. The German Ministry of Interior bans entry to all travellers from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Brazil, Portugal, and South Africa from tomorrow until February 17 in order to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants. Brazil surpasses nine million cases of COVID-19, becoming the third country to do so after India and the United States. Vaccine developer Novavax announces that their vaccine candidate is 89% effective in preventing severe COVID-19, based on trial data from the United Kingdom; their vaccine was less effective against new variants of the virus, based on data from South Africa. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces the introduction of 10-day hotel quarantine for travellers from 30 high-risk countries, including Brazil, Portugal, South Africa, and all South American nations due to spread of variants of SARS-CoV-2. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6725.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6725.txt