PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - Jan 15

The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Headlines

- UK bans South America and Portugal arrivals to contain COVID strain https://on.ft.com/3srr6m8 - Coronavirus sparks exodus of foreign-born people from UK https://on.ft.com/3oLz7A8

- UK workers' rights at risk in plans to rip up EU labour market rules https://on.ft.com/2N81omv - UK set to step up coronavirus vaccinations https://on.ft.com/2MXSYOo

Overview - The UK has banned most people arriving from South America and Portugal under tough new measures to try to control the spread of a new strain of coronavirus first identified in Brazil.

- Coronavirus has sparked an exodus of immigrants from the UK and what is likely to be the largest fall in Britain's population since the second world war, according to a statistical analysis of official data. - Worker protections enshrined in EU law — including the 48-hour week — would be ripped up under plans being drawn up by the government as part of a post-Brexit overhaul of UK labour markets.

- Britain could have enough coronavirus vaccines to innoculate more than 500,000 people each day next week, under plans to dramatically accelerate the UK programme that were revealed in a Scottish government document. (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)