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UK Covid: India variant case numbers rise to 3,424 – up 160% over past week – as it happened
Total of 3,424 cases of the India variant of coronavirus B1.617.2 have now been confirmed in the UK. This live blog is now closed – please follow the global live…
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Coronavirus: two AstraZeneca vaccine doses could be up to 90 per cent effective, UK real-world data suggests
Two doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine may be around 85 to 90 per cent effective against symptomatic disease, Public Health England (PHE) said on Thursday, while cautioning that it…
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England test-and-trace glitch blamed for spread of India Covid variant
No 10 confirms delay in tracking cases in eight areas – including Blackburn with Darwen, where B.1.617.2 has surged Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A glitch…
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Coronavirus: Nearly half of recovered patients in Hong Kong still suffering months after being discharged from hospital
Nearly half of recovered Covid-19 patients still suffer from abnormal lung functions such as shortness of breath three months after being discharged, according to data from a public hospital.The tests…
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Blaming the unvaccinated for Covid’s spread won’t help stop the virus | Gabriel Scally
Pointing the finger at people who haven’t yet had the jab, as Matt Hancock did this week, just diverts attention from government failures This week in the House of Commons,…
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Nurses know exactly why Boris Johnson’s nurse quit – we are running on empty | Anonymous
Jenny McGee’s resignation makes it clear how shoddily we have been treated by this government I’ve never treated anybody famous. But then, as a nurse, you treat everybody the same…
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Vaccines work against coronavirus variants but international travel still not safe, WHO warns
Progress against the coronavirus pandemic remains “fragile” and international travel should be avoided, a World Health Organization director warned on Thursday, while stressing that authorised vaccines work against variants of…
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India’s suffering isn’t just the fault of a new Covid variant | Rukmini S
Instead of sequencing or data collection, the government is offering patriotic bluster in the face of this deadly second wave The variant that threatens the British summer has already done…
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‘Doctor-brides’ to apps: Pakistani, Indian entrepreneurs find ways to plug coronavirus health gaps
As Covid-19 strains Pakistan’s health system, tens of thousands of women doctors are sitting at home, their talents squandered in a country where millions have no access to medical care.Many…
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India’s coronavirus crisis threatens plans for post-pandemic supply chain shift from China
This is the third in a series of stories about the impact of India’s Covid-19 crisis on the Indian and Chinese economies and the global initiative to restructure supply chains.For…