Amid new coronavirus cases, New South Wales leader Dominic Perrottet asserted that people "need to also move away from fear". "There will always be new variants of this virus," Dominic Perrottet said.

'Need to also move away from fear': Australian PM wants 'sensible' approach to fight virus

Amid a wave of protests over coronavirus restrictions, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said there is no "move from plan A to plan B, or any other plan" as the country continues to grapple with the virus.

'Everyone in Germany will be vaccinated, cured or dead': Europe battles virus surge as Austria enters lockdown

The Austrian government announced it will impose lockdown in the country from next Monday amid a surge in coronavirus cases. Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced that everyone in the country should be vaccinated by February 1.

Austria to impose lockdown as Europe grapples with virus surge

As Europe continues to grapple with a winter surge of the virus, the Austrian government said the country will enter its third lockdown on December 26 post-Christmas.

Austria set to enter third virus lockdown as European nations fear big COVID-19 surge

As European nations enforced new restrictions amid a surge in coronavirus cases, the global death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1.3 million. Watch: The number of coronavirus cases worldwide has risen to 53 million even as Greece, Italy, Austria and Portugal put new measures in place to prevent a deadly second wave.

Europe tightens COVID-19 curbs as global death toll crosses 1.3 million