WEALTHY, SMALL UK- AND 100,000 CORONAVIRUS DEATHS: In another grim COVID-19 milestone, the UK - one of the world’s wealthiest and most advanced nations - has become smallest country to pass 100,000 COVID-19 deaths. It is a cruel irony that Britain, with some of the best medical facilities globally, is routinely recording more than 1,000 deaths a day these days. To add to the misery, the UK is also having to tackle a new, more contagious variant of the virus that also seems to be deadlier. The only way ahead is the obvious one: Listen to authorities, and abide strictly by the lockdowns and other preventive measures being imposed. [COMMENT BY: Omar Shariff, International Editor]
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