[ad_1] Coronavirus updates: new virus variant continues to spread globally - BBC News BreakBreaking newsClose breaking news SummaryIndia becomes the latest country to detect the most transmissible new coronavirus variantThe variant, first identified in the UK, has also been detected in South Korea, Canada and across Europe.Russia says its death toll from Covid is three times higher than reportedSpain says it will create a registry of people who refuse to receive the Covid vaccineEngland's health service chief says workers are "back in the eye of the storm" as cases riseThe army will support mass testing in England's secondary schools next month.But school leaders warn that the return of students could be delayedGlobally, there have been 81 million confirmed cases since the outbreak began and nearly 1.8 million deaths.Live reportsRelated stories Morph.toInit.bundles.push(function() { Morph.versions["bbc-morph-lx-stream-v4@3.5.16"]={"bbc-morph-app-bridge":"2.2.0","bbc-morph-classnames":"1.0.2","bbc-morph-cookie-config":"3.0.1","bbc-morph-cs-enriched-post":"1.3.10","bbc-morph-feature-toggle-manager":"1.0.3","bbc-morph-gel-icons":"5.0.7","bbc-morph-gnl-smp-adverts":"1.1.0","bbc-morph-gnl-smp-analytics":"1.1.0","bbc-morph-grandstand":"5.4.5","bbc-morph-image-chef-url-transformer":"2.1.0","bbc-morph-isequal":"1.0.0","bbc-morph-lazysizes":"1.0.1","bbc-morph-lx-adverts":"1.0.8","bbc-morph-lx-commentary-data-paged":"1.5.3","bbc-morph-lx-istats":"1.1.4","bbc-morph-lx-reactions":"3.0.2","bbc-morph-moment-ws-timezone-wrapper":"1.0.7","bbc-morph-news-translations":"2.2.4","bbc-morph-responsive-image-srcset":"3.0.1","bbc-morph-share-tools":"5.1.0","bbc-morph-smp":"7.0.0","bbc-morph-ws-typography-info":"1.0.6","morph-container":"4.0.0","morph-require":"3.0.17","react":"0.14.7","react-dom":"0.14.7"}; !function(e){function t(r){if(n[r])return n[r].exports;var o=n[r]={i:r,l:!1,exports:{}};return e[r].call(o.exports,o,o.exports,t),o.l=!0,o.exports}var n={};t.m=e,t.c=n,t.d=function(e,n,r){t.o(e,n)||Object.defineProperty(e,n,{configurable:!1,enumerable:!0,get:r})},t.n=function(e){var n=e&&e.__esModule?function(){return e.default}:function(){return e};return t.d(n,"a",n),n},t.o=function(e,t){return Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(e,t)},t.p="",t(t.s=101)}([function(e,t){e.exports=React},function(e,t,n){"use strict";function r(e,t,n,r,o,a,i,s){if(!e){var l;if(void 0===t)l=new Error("Minified exception occurred; use the non-minified dev environment for the full error message and additional helpful warnings.");else{var u=[n,r,o,a,i,s],c=0;l=new Error(t.replace(/%s/g,function(){return u[c++]})),l.name="Invariant Violation"}throw l.framesToPop=1,l}}e.exports=r},function(e,t,n){"use strict";var r=n(7),o=r;e.exports=o},function(e,t,n){"use strict";function r(e,t){if(null==e)throw new TypeError("Object.assign target cannot be null or undefined");for(var n=Object(e),r=Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty,o=1;o
