FILE PHOTO: People wear face masks as they walk past a bus during lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic in Berlin, Germany, January 19, 2021. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders were seeking on Thursday to address the coronavirus pandemic's mounting challenges, including increased calls to limit travel and tighten border controls to contain more infectious variants of the disease.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said before an evening leaders' video conference that European countries needed to take the new mutation found in Britain seriously to avoid a third wave.
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