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One in four elderly black people in the UK still not vaccinated
Black people in every age group have the lowest vaccination rate, although hesitancy is improving Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A quarter of elderly black people…
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We should be used to arts events being cancelled by now, but in Melbourne it still stings
The Rivers Sing is one of the few remnants of Rising festival to survive the city’s fourth lockdown. It’s bittersweet to experience it through a screen It’s quiet. More quiet…
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Coronavirus pandemic to be discussed at Apec trade talks led by New Zealand
Trade ministers representing the 21 members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) bloc are meeting to discuss the coronavirus pandemic on Saturday, according to the group’s Singapore-based secretariat.The “virtual” meeting will be chaired…
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The Guardian view on the Portugal travel U-turn: red, amber and grey | Editorial
The UK government’s about-turn is another example of Boris Johnson’s pandemic policymaking at its worst The UK government’s decision to move Portugal from the green to the amber foreign travel…
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The pros and cons of giving Covid vaccines to UK children
Analysis: the Pfizer/BioNTech jab has been approved for 12-15 year-olds but the risk-benefit equation is more complex than it is for for adults Coronavirus – latest updates See all our…
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Coronavirus mutated 32 times inside South African HIV-positive woman over course of seven months
A 36-year-old woman with advanced HIV carried the novel coronavirus for 216 days, during which the virus accumulated more than 30 mutations, a new study has found.The case report, which…
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Time, teaching and tutoring? The UK government has coined yet another pointless slogan | Zoe Williams
The education recovery tsar has quit, tutoring is being outsourced and Gavin Williamson is in charge. Business as usual, then The government’s vision to restore a year of lost education…
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Tokyo Olympics: Japanese firms, universities join Covid-19 vaccine drive, but is it too little, too late?
Stung by criticism of the slow roll-out of its coronavirus vaccination programme, the Japanese government has announced new plans for companies and universities to arrange jabs for their staff, students…
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Hongkongers can fly direct to Phuket from July as Thailand seeks to kick-start tourism sector, but experts say success of scheme depends on quarantine-free travel
Direct flights between Hong Kong and Phuket will resume on July 2 as Thailand seeks to restart its tourism industry amid an easing Covid-19 outbreak, the Post has learned.But travel…
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Russia may trial coronavirus vaccine combining Sputnik, Chinese shots
Russia may start trials on a Covid-19 vaccine combining its Sputnik V jab and various Chinese shots in Arab countries, the Interfax news agency quoted Russia’s RDIF sovereign wealth fund…