Variant
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| Originally published | October 4, 2011 |
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| Authors | Robison Wells |
| Publishers | HarperCollins |
| Genres | Science Fiction |
| Young Adult Fiction | |
| An Amazing And Almost Chilling Story About A School Like Prison With Many Twists. . . Will Leave You Wanting To Read The Second Book! | |
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| ID | 2927699 |
About Variant
Variant is a young adult suspense novel by Robison Wells. It was published on October 4, 2011 by HarperTeen. Wells has stated that the initial draft of Variant took him only eleven days to write. The book was named one of Publishers Weekly's "Best Books of 2011".
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China Covid: Beijing criticises 'political' rules for its tourists
By Kathryn ArmstrongBBC News
The Chinese government has suggested that travel restrictions imposed by several Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>Countries on Chinese arrivals are politically motivated - and has warned that it may retaliate.
The US, India and The UK are among The nations that have introduced mandatory testing for arrivals from China.
The country has recently seen a surge in Covid cases following The easing of its strict controls.
And there are fears that cases and deaths are being vastly underreported.
China's last daily Covid update, on 24 December, reported fewer than 5,000 cases - But some analysts claim Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>The Daily caseload is already over two million, and could peak at almost four million this month.
A lack of Data - and China's announcement that it was - led to Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>More Than a dozen Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>Countries announcing Covid testing on arrivals from China.
Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>The World Health Organization (WHO) and a spokeswoman for Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>The Foreign ministry on Tuesday said that Beijing was willing to " improve communication with Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>The World ".
However, spokeswoman Data -tip='kisi' Data -kimlik='3860289'>Mao Ning said The government was " firmly opposed to attempts to manipulate The epidemic prevention and control measures for political purposes, and will take corresponding measures. . according to Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>The Principle of reciprocity. "
China's borders have been largely closed since March 2020 - Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>Meaning few foreigners were able to enter and those that did had to undergo rigorous testing and quarantine.
The Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>European Union 's disease prevention agency and Australia's Chief Medical Officer have both argued that high levels of vaccination and immunity reduce Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>The Threat that Covid poses.
But despite that, Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>Countries - including in The EU - have imposed testing for Chinese arrivals.
" I think we're performing our duty in protecting Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>French People by asking for tests, " France's Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>Prime Minister Data -tip='kisi' Data -kimlik='3860289'>Elisabeth Borne said on Tuesday.
" We're doing it while respecting Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>The Rules of Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>The World Health Organization and we will continue to do it. "
The Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>European Commission , The executive body of The Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>European Union , has said an overwhelming number of member states favour introducing travel restrictions. Some Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>Countries have already introduced their own measures But a decision on whether that will be extended to all EU Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>Countries is expected on Wednesday.
It's not The Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>First Time that Beijing has been at odds with Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>The International community over Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>The Virus . It was first detected in Wuhan in central China in late 2019 and The
Meanwhile, China has on Tuesday rejected an offer from The Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>European Union to supply an unspecified number of Covid-19 vaccines to help deal with Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>The Surge in cases, saying it has an " adequate supply".
Official Data shows China has given Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>More Than 3. 4 billion doses - The vast majority of which are CoronaVac.
The government has Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>So Far insisted in using only Chinese-made vaccines, which have been proven to be less effective than other Western-developed mRNA vaccines against The Omicron Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='3860289'>Variant .
Source of news: bbc.com
