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Asia Today: Australia cuts traveler numbers to stop variant

| January 8, 2021 12:03 AM

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Australia is nearly halving the number of passengers allowed to arrive by plane in a bid to prevent the spread of a highly contagious variant of the coronavirus first identified in Britain.

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