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Blossoms to play England’s first large music gig of 2021
Outdoor event at Sefton Park in May will be studied to test Covid safety at mass gatherings Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The first “near-normal” mass-attended…
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Fauci: Republican vaccine deniers are hurting efforts to lift Covid restrictions
‘On the one hand they want to be relieved of the restrictions. On the other hand, they don’t want to get vaccinated’ Republicans who refuse the Covid-19 vaccination are actively…
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Netflix expected to signal the end of the Covid TV streaming boom
Analysts expect lowest number of winter sign-ups since 2017 as lockdown eases and entertainment options grow Netflix is expected this week to report the lowest number of new subscribers in…
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What have I learned from surge testing? That I trust other people more than myself | Zoe Williams
The South African variant has been detected in two London boroughs, leading to an outbreak of community spirit and unstoppable civic responsibility More than 40 cases of the South African…
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The world needs a patent waiver on Covid vaccines. Why is the UK blocking it? | Gabriel Scally
Letting countries create their own generic versions of the jabs is the best way to combat the spread of vaccine-resistant variants Last year the British government made a series of…
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A climate disaster must be averted at all costs. Not so a financial meltdown
T.S. Eliot once asked: “Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?” Where indeed? We seem to have a severe…
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The Covid crisis: some people think it’s all over … it isn’t
A new reality check is coming unless the west replicates its ‘whatever-it-takes approach’ to help poorer countries cope Denial. Panic. False dawn. Relief mingled with a decent dollop of euphoria.…
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Coronavirus: Eastern Europe scrambles for unwanted AstraZeneca jabs amid infection surge
As safety concerns prompt western European countries to limit the use of AstraZeneca Plc’s coronavirus shot, Ukraine is leading a charge from the continent’s east to scoop up unwanted doses.The…
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Path to herd immunity: Hongkongers should get the coronavirus vaccine for the good of society
In the summer of 1972, I spent a few weeks camping out on the beach in Darwin in northern Australia. The mini settlement, of some 200 young people, was visited…
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Coronavirus: Japan asks Pfizer for more vaccines; India’s Modi urges ‘symbolic’ Kumbh Mela festival
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has asked US drug maker Pfizer Inc. for additional supplies of its Covid-19 vaccine to speed up an inoculation drive that is lagging behind many…