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Covid jabs offered to pregnant women: your questions answered
Pfizer or Moderna jabs to be given after US data confirms that they are safe and effective Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage All pregnant women are…
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Co-op pays executive bonus despite keeping £66m in Covid relief
Controversial move comes amid growing scrutiny over firms paying dividends or bonuses while keeping taxpayer support The Co-operative Group has taken the controversial step of paying bonuses to top management…
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Unions demand sharp rise in sick pay for Covid self-isolation
Concern high rate of false positives from lateral flow tests in England could force many out of work Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Trade unions have…
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Chile says China’s Sinovac coronavirus vaccine 67 per cent effective against symptomatic infection
A Chilean study said Sinovac Biotech Ltd.’s vaccine is 67 per cent effective in preventing symptomatic Covid-19 infections and wards off 80 per cent of fatalities from the disease.This is…
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Johnson & Johnson asked rival Covid-19 vaccine makers to study blood clotting risks: report
Johnson & Johnson had reached out to rival Covid-19 vaccine makers to join in an effort to study the risks of blood clots, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday,…
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Will couples who spent pandemic together cope with being apart as life and work return to normal? Some tips for dealing with it
Allison Miller and her boyfriend enjoyed six months of normalcy before the pandemic hit. But their relationship quickly became “a lot more real” as they went from seeing each other…
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How the UK government sidestepped the data on coronavirus – video explainer
This time last year, NHS bosses asked doctors and nurses to ‘wear aprons’ and work without protective full-length gowns when treating Covid-19 patients, as hospitals were within hours of running out of…
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Why is India, the world’s No 1 vaccine maker, struggling to inoculate its own people against the coronavirus?
India, the world’s vaccine capital, produces some 60 per cent of the inoculations used around the globe – but right now, it is producing just over half of the Covid-19…
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Germany firmly in the grip of third coronavirus wave, Merkel says
Chancellor Angela Merkel urged lawmakers on Friday to approve new powers that would allow her to force coronavirus lockdowns and curfews on areas with high infection rates, saying a majority…
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Why were Bangladeshi and Pakistani groups worst hit by the UK’s second wave? | Laura Bear
I led a Sage report on the effects of inequality during Covid – and the urgent need to address racism in our public services Laura Bear is professor of anthropology…