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The Biden administration is forming expert working groups with Canada, Mexico, the European Union and the United Kingdom to determine how best to safely restart travel after 15 months of pandemic restrictions, a White House official said on Tuesday.

DEATHS AND INFECTIONSEUROPE * Portugal will allow vaccinated U.S. tourists into the country, which is trying to salvage its summer holiday season that has been badly affected by the pandemic. * Team GB is on track to ensure all athletes and staff are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of next month's Tokyo Olympics, the British Olympic Association said. ASIA-PACIFIC * Indian officials and health experts welcomed a federal government plan to give free COVID-19 shots to all adults, but urged that vaccinations be accelerated. * The Tokyo 2020 organising committee may seek further vaccine donations ahead of the Olympic Games scheduled this summer, Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto said. * Malaysia went mobile with its mass immunisation drive on Tuesday, with the rollout of the first of 40 vaccine trucks set to hit the highways in the coming months.