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The Latest: Portugal halts flights to UK over virus variant

| January 22, 2021 2:03 AM

LISBON, Portugal -- Portugal is stopping flights to and from the United Kingdom from Saturday, blaming a COVID-19 variant first identified in the U.K. for a devastating surge in new Portuguese cases.

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