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Ireland limits AstraZeneca vaccine to over-60s – as it happened
This blog is now closed. For up to date coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, head to the link below: See all our coronavirus coverage 12.58am BST This blog is now…
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Help sixth-formers make up lost learning, say UK college leaders
Students who have fallen behind during pandemic should get six months to a year to repeat studies, Association of Colleges recommends Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong restaurant and bar owners angry and disappointed over government requirements for lifting restrictions
Restaurant and bar owners in Hong Kong have reacted with anger and disappointment to the government’s requirements for easing the coronavirus restrictions on their businesses.New conditions announced by Chief Executive…
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‘This is all we could get’: Dutch tourists arrive in Rhodes for locked-down holiday
In experiment organised by Dutch government, travellers will have to take regular Covid tests and are barred from leaving resort Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A…
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Australia won’t buy Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose Covid vaccine due to AstraZeneca similarities
Europe’s drug regulator currently reviewing four cases of rare blood clots in company’s Janssen jab, which like AstraZeneca, is an adenovirus vaccine • Follow the Australia live blog• AstraZeneca blood…
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AstraZeneca blood clotting: what is this rare syndrome and how is it caused?
Evidence is growing of a link between the Covid-19 vaccine and a deadly thrombosis – and theories are emerging as to why Since rare but severe clotting was seen in…
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All over-50s and high-risk groups in UK offered vaccine ahead of target date
Achievement hailed by PM as ‘hugely significant milestone’ means people in late 40s should be next to be immunised Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage All over-50s…
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Surge testing deployed in south London as South African Covid variant cases rise
About 44 cases have been confirmed, mostly in Wandsworth and Lambeth, while a further 30 probable cases have been identified Officials are deploying surge testing in parts of south London…
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Coronavirus: UN chief Antonio Guterres pushes for tax on those who have profited during pandemic
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged governments on Monday to consider imposing a “solidarity or wealth tax” on the rich – who made money during the coronavirus pandemic – in…
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Coronavirus pandemic is ‘a long way from over’, says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Confusion and complacency in addressing Covid-19 means the pandemic is a long way from over, but it can be brought under control in months with proven public health measures, World…