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Households in those areas are to be banned from mixing over the festive season, while in the rest of the country, mixing of households will only be allowed on <a href="/wiki/Christmas_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas Day">Christmas Day</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.itv.com/news/2020-12-19/covid-19-boris-johnson-expected-to-announce-tier-4-for-london-and-south-east-as-coronavirus-cases-soar">(ITV)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Scotland" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland">COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Sturgeon" title="Nicola Sturgeon">Nicola Sturgeon</a> announces a travel ban to the rest of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> and imposes the toughest level of restrictions across <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> for three weeks beginning on <a href="/wiki/Boxing_Day" title="Boxing Day">Boxing Day</a>. In addition, household mixing will now only be allowed on Christmas Day. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/scotland-travel-ban-lockdown-nicola-sturgeon-b1776619.html">(<i>The Independent</i>)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Wales" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Wales">COVID-19 pandemic in Wales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Variant_of_Concern_202012/01" class="mw-redirect" title="Variant of Concern 202012/01">Variant of Concern 202012/01</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Wales" title="First Minister of Wales">First Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Drakeford" title="Mark Drakeford">Mark Drakeford</a> announces that after urgent talks with ministers over the discovery of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the planned <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_lockdowns" class="mw-redirect" title="COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns">lockdown</a> will now begin at midnight instead of on December 28. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-55379237">(BBC News)</a></li></ul></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> surpasses two million cases of COVID-19. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/uk-covid-death-toll-latest-figures-tier-4-b390338.html">(<i>The Evening Standard</i>)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Switzerland" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland">COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_vaccination_in_Switzerland" title="COVID-19 vaccination in Switzerland">COVID-19 vaccination in Switzerland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swissmedic" title="Swissmedic">Swissmedic</a> approves the authorization of the <a href="/wiki/Pfizer" title="Pfizer">Pfizer</a>-<a href="/wiki/BioNTech" title="BioNTech">BioNTech</a> <a href="/wiki/Tozinameran" class="mw-redirect" title="Tozinameran">vaccine</a> for use in <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.swissmedic.ch/swissmedic/en/home/news/coronavirus-covid-19/covid-19-impfstoff_erstzulassung.html">(Swissmedic)</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Portugal" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal">COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> surpasses 6,000 total deaths of COVID-19. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2020/12/19/portugal-exceeds-6000-deaths-since-start-of-the-pandemic/amp/">(Euro Weekly News)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Russia" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Russia">COVID-19 pandemic in Russia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> surpasses 50,000 total deaths from <a href="/wiki/Coronavirus_disease_2019" class="mw-redirect" title="Coronavirus disease 2019">COVID-19</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external 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title="China">China</a> is expected to begin administering <a href="/wiki/Vaccine" title="Vaccine">vaccines</a> to healthcare, transport, and <a href="/wiki/Border_control" title="Border control">border control</a> workers. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apnews.com/article/seniors-turkey-beijing-coronavirus-pandemic-china-c3ba39358649153b66380e4858f814c5">(AP)</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Israel" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Israel">COVID-19 pandemic in Israel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_vaccination_in_Israel" title="COVID-19 vaccination in Israel">COVID-19 vaccination in Israel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Israel" title="Prime Minister of Israel">Israeli Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> became the first person in <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> to receive <a href="/wiki/Pfizer%E2%80%93BioNTech_COVID-19_vaccine" title="Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine">the vaccine</a> made by <a href="/wiki/Pfizer" title="Pfizer">Pfizer</a> and <a href="/wiki/BioNTech" title="BioNTech">BioNTech</a> and getting the shot on live television. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-is-1st-israeli-to-get-covid-vaccine-start-of-return-to-normal-life/">(<i>The Times of Israel</i>)</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Indonesia" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia">COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jakarta" title="Jakarta">Jakarta</a> reports a record of 1,899 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://voi.id/en/berita/23674/new-cases-of-covid-19-in-jakarta-1899-this-is-the-explanation-of-the-dki-jakarta-health-office">(VOI)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bali" title="Bali">Bali</a> requires anyone entering and leaving the province to have a negative <a 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However, children aged 12 years and under are exempted from these requirements. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thebalitimes.com/headlines/the-rules-for-entering-bali-have-changed-pcr-swab-tests-are-valid-for-a-maximum-of-7-days-prior-to-departure/">(<i>The Bali Times</i>)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Thailand" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand">COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a> reports 548 new cases, the biggest one-day increase in cases since the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Pandemic" title="Pandemic">pandemic</a>, primarily due to an outbreak linked to the country's largest seafood market in <a href="/wiki/Samut_Sakhon_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Samut Sakhon Province">Samut Sakhon Province</a> as well as increased testing of <a href="/wiki/Migrant_worker" title="Migrant worker">migrant workers</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3114663/thailand-sees-record-548-new-virus-cases-tied-seafood">(<i>South China Morning Post</i>)</a></li> <li>Due to the outbreak in a seafood market, <a href="/wiki/Samut_Sakhon_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Samut Sakhon Province">Samut Sakhon Province</a> enters a <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_lockdowns" class="mw-redirect" title="COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns">lockdown</a> with a curfew from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. local time which will remain in effect until January 3. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2038107/samut-sakhon-goes-into-lockdown">(<i>The Bangkok Post</i>)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_India" title="COVID-19 pandemic in India">COVID-19 pandemic in India</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> surpasses ten million total cases of <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a>, becoming the second country after the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> to reach that number. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-cases-cross-1-crore-323-days-after-1st-last-1m-2nd-slowest/articleshow/79806546.cms">(<i>The Times of India</i>)</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/indias-health-ministry-coronavirus-cases-crossed-10-million-74814985">(ABC News)</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Africa" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Africa">COVID-19 pandemic in Africa</a> <ul><li>The total number of cases in <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> exceeds 2.5 million. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-africa-cases-idUSL8N2IZ0FS">(Reuters)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Australia" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Australia">COVID-19 pandemic in Australia</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Northern_Beaches_Council" title="Northern Beaches Council">Northern Beaches Council</a> local government area of <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a> goes into a partial lockdown until Wednesday. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-19/nsw-covid-rules-in-response-to-northern-beaches-cluster/12998408">(ABC Australia)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Colombia" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia">COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a> reports a record 13,990 new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total to 1,496,062. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-12/20/c_139604500.htm">(Xinhua)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Canada" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Canada">COVID-19 pandemic in Canada</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> surpasses 500,000 cases of COVID-19. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/12/19/covid-19-vaccinations-now-underway-in-all-provinces-as-new-brunswick-gives-1st-shot.html">(<i>Toronto Star</i>)</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <p><b>Politics and elections</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_Central_African_general_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Central African general election">2020 Central African general election</a> <ul><li>The leaders of three of the main armed groups of the <a href="/wiki/Central_African_Republic" title="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a> announce a coalition for next week's general election, a move that could further increase tensions ahead of the election, where the opposition fears massive voter fraud. The armed groups named themselves the Coalition of Patriots for Change and invited other armed groups to join, while urging them to protect the integrity of civilians. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/19/armed-rebel-groups-in-c-africa-form-coalition">(Al Jazeera)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_federal_government_data_breach" title="2020 United States federal government data breach">2020 United States federal government data breach</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> speaks for the first time about the breach, saying it is "well in control". He also suggests China is to blame, contradicting earlier U.S. government claims that put forward Russia as a suspect. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-downplays-russia-hack-first-comments-massive-breach-implicates-china-n1251813">(NBC News)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p><b>Sports</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Australia" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Australia">COVID-19 pandemic in Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_sports" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports">Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports</a> <ul><li>The 2020 <a href="/wiki/Sydney_to_Hobart_Yacht_Race" title="Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race">Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race</a> is cancelled for the first time in the race's 76-year history after the <a href="/wiki/Tasmanian_Government" title="Tasmanian Government">Tasmanian Government</a> imposed a 14-day <a href="/wiki/Quarantine" title="Quarantine">quarantine</a> requirement on all travellers from <a href="/wiki/Greater_Sydney" title="Greater Sydney">Greater Sydney</a> due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Beaches" title="Northern Beaches">Northern Beaches</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.smh.com.au/sport/sailing/sydney-to-hobart-in-huge-doubt-as-tasmania-imposes-nsw-restrictions-20201219-p56oy8.html">(<i>The Sydney Morning Herald</i>)</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div><div class="current-events-nav" role="navigation"> <div><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events/December_2020" title="Portal:Current events/December 2020">Month<div>December 2020</div></a></div><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2020_December_18" title="Portal:Current events/2020 December 18">Previous day<div>December 18</div></a><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2020_December_20" title="Portal:Current events/2020 December 20">Next day<div>December 20</div></a></div></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2020_December_19&oldid=1160330221">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2020_December_19&oldid=1160330221</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:2020_by_day" title="Category:2020 by day">2020 by day</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 15 June 2023, at 20:13<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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