The UK’s vaccine programme continues apace, as door-to-door testing and enhanced contact tracing began in an effort to stop the South African variant of Covid-19 establishing itself.
The Prime Minister said he was optimistic that Britain would enjoy a summer holiday in 2021, but didn’t say in which country.
The US has imposed additional sanctions on Myanmar following the weekend’s coup by the military, while in Russia Putin-opponent Alexei Navalny goes to court, facing a prison sentence.
In the financial markets, the battle between hedge funds and retail investors has spread to silver, where the price surged by 10% yesterday.
Sterling has remained strong, reaching fresh multi-month highs against the euro and US dollar yesterday.
It’s a busy week for data releases, which have so far shown mixed results across both the UK and Eurozone, and later this week the Bank of England will announce its monthly interest rate decision.
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