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1. Acting on advice from Dr. Anthony Fauci and the CDC President Joe Biden will restrict travel from South Africa and seven other countries starting today as a new coronavirus variant has emerged. (WMTW)
2. On Sunday Maine reported 325 people hospitalized with COVID-19. About two-thirds of hospital patients with the virus have not been fully vaccinated, and the percentage is higher among those who are critically ill. (PRESS HERALD)
3. Cases of COVID-19 among children are increasing far faster than all other age groups in Maine. (PRESS HERALD)
4. The city of Portland ushered in the first night of Hanukkah on Sunday with its annual lighting of the menorah in front of city hall. (Hanukkah ends on the evening of Monday Dec. 6th.) (WMTW)
5. Mac Jones threw two touchdown passes, New England’s defense forced four turnovers and the Patriots earned their sixth straight win, rolling past the Titans 36-13 on Sunday. (WGME)
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