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Covid pushes UK government borrowing to record February high
Figures also appear to confirm that economic recovery will be faster than forecast Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage UK government spending to combat the coronavirus pandemic…
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‘It’s a good day’: enthusiasm in Berlin as AstraZeneca Covid jabs resume
Germans pleased at lifting of suspension, as rise in infections threatens to overwhelm hospitals Susanne Klaehr, a nursery worker in Berlin, arrived more than two hours early to receive an…
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G7 moves closer to offering Covid financial support for developing nations
Leading industrial nations support a possible $500bn rise in IMF currency reserves to help poorer states cope with Covid crisis The world’s leading industrial nations have moved a decisive step…
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UK Covid live: new record for most jabs in a day as 660,276 doses administered nationwide – as it happened
UK gives most Covid jabs in a day as 4,802 new cases and 101 deaths recorded; R number now 0.6 to 0.9. This live blog is now closed – please…
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Raab and Johnson show two faces of UK’s vaccine diplomacy
Analysis: Foreign secretary’s robust response to the EU contrasted with the PM’s emollience towards India Boris Johnson went out of his way this week not to blame Delhi for the…
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Coronavirus: How scientist’s cancer research paved way for BioNTech’s vaccine
The European scientist who won the race to deliver the first widely-used coronavirus vaccine says people can rest assured the shots are safe, and the technology behind it will soon…
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How long until Priti Patel’s next brainwave: housing asylum seekers on the Falklands? | Marina Hyde
In a typically inept week for our flag-festooned government, the home secretary wins top prize for incompetence Gibraltar: for some the least appealing rock, bar Paul Burrell. News that the…
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Coronavirus: European countries resume AstraZeneca jabs after all-clear from EU regulators
Several European countries were resuming AstraZeneca vaccinations on Friday after an all-clear from EU regulators, as US President Joe Biden was set to meet his goal of having 100 million…
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The EU’s AstraZeneca vaccine stance will cost lives, here in Spain and all over Europe
Pooling the European Covid vaccine effort was a noble idea. In practice, it has been a disaster In the race between vaccines and new Covid-19 variants, I am on the…
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We doctors must learn from what went wrong with ‘do not resuscitate’ orders | Rachel Clarke
Patients and their families were not consulted. The CQC inquiry shows that their trust should never be taken for granted As patients, we literally surrender our bodies and minds into…