Global coronavirus rules for Christmas: Tough, mild or none at all

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Countries around the world are trying to find the right formula to keep their people safe for Christmas, especially as new coronavirus variants prompt renewed travel bans and fuel resurgent infections, hospital admissions and deaths at the end of an already devastating year.

In Peru, you cannot drive your car on Christmas; in Lebanon, you can go to a nightclub, but you cannot dance; in South Africa, roadblocks instead of beach parties will mark this year’s festive season.