claire bryant, thank you so much. - boosters as soon as possible. claire bryant, thank you so much.n as possible. claire bryant, thank you so much. lovely to speak to you again.— speak to you again. thank you. useful and _ speak to you again. thank you. useful and common _ speak to you again. thank you. useful and common advice. - $$$ dutch health authorties have announced 13 cases of the new 0micron coronavirus variant have been found in the netherlands among passengers that were on flights from south africa earlier this week. they were among 600 passengers who were held for several hours at amersterdam's schiphol airport while they were tested for the virus. in total, 61 people who were onboard the flights are infected with covid—19 and are in isolation. the country's health minister says it's very possible more cases of the new variant will be found among them. european ministers are meeting in calais to discuss measures to prevent migrants making the dangerous journey to the uk in small boats. at least 27 people drowned in the channel on wednesday. the home secretary, priti pate

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