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Allowing summer holidays abroad risks another lockdown, Johnson is warned
Sage experts are worried about overseas breaks leading to rise in vaccine-resistant variants in UK Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Lifting the ban on foreign holidays…
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EU export ban would delay UK Covid vaccine drive by two months
Exclusive: Halting distribution would hit Britain badly but not significantly help EU, analysis finds Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Britain’s Covid vaccine programme faces a two-month…
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Global shortage in computer chips ‘reaches crisis point’
Consumer price rises loom while dearth of semiconductors slow production from Samsung to Ford Consumers are facing price rises and shortages of products from TVs and mobile phones to cars…
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‘Nothing to worry about’: Madagascar spurns Covid-19 vaccines in favour of herbal ‘remedy’
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina has said he does not plan to vaccinate himself against Covid-19, preferring a herbal “remedy”, and is in no hurry to launch mass inoculations for his…
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After the Covid war, the UK will struggle to win the economic peace
State power and capitalism’s innovation have staved off disaster, but the challenge is long-term To the dates 4 August 1914 and 3 September 1939 can now be added a third:…
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Covid: why has the fall in UK infection rate stalled despite vaccinations?
Hospital admissions and deaths are declining as priority groups vaccinated but number of new diagnoses has stabilised Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The UK’s Covid-19 statistics…
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I’m gripped by the fear of not missing out | David Mitchell
The scariest thing about lockdown is the loss of the feeling that something fun is always happening somewhere else The Duke of Edinburgh’s return to Windsor last week made me…
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Vaccine tensions loom in Asia as China and India trade free shots for influence
India and China have given away vaccine for diplomatic reasons. Now there’s pressure to save supply for their own people Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage While…
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Tourists in Mexico party like there’s no coronavirus even as death toll nears 200,000
Tourists writhe their bodies to pumping techno beats on dance floors along Mexico’s Caribbean coast – a magnet for people from around the world who want to party during a…
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Why Indians are trading cities for promise of a relaxed life in Goa (but the locals aren’t happy)
Ruchira Bose, 44, sets up a picnic under the chikoo tree in her garden while her dog, Sophie, sunbathes on the grass nearby. She looks out at fields where peacocks…