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 # European COVID-19 Forecast Hub
 
-We are aggregating forecasts of new cases and deaths due to Covid-19 over the next four weeks in countries across Europe and the UK.
+We are aggregating forecasts of new cases and deaths due to Covid-19 over the next four weeks in countries across Europe.
 
 ##### Latest forecasts
 
diff --git a/data-locations/locations_eu.csv b/data-locations/locations_eu.csv
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@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ Slovenia,SI,2066748,NA,ECDC,ECDC
 Slovakia,SK,5439892,NA,ECDC,ECDC
 Finland,FI,5511303,NA,ECDC,ECDC
 Sweden,SE,10067744,NA,ECDC,ECDC
-United Kingdom,GB,66022273,NA,ECDC,ECDC
 Iceland,IS,341284,NA,ECDC,ECDC
 Liechtenstein,LI,37922,NA,ECDC,ECDC
 Norway,NO,5282223,NA,ECDC,ECDC
-Switzerland,CH,8466017,NA,ECDC,ECDC