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How are Covid vaccines produced and why have there been delays?
The newness of some of the technology and gaps in global preparedness have led to bottlenecks Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage When the first Covid-19 vaccines…
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Coronavirus and the cost of postponed cancer screenings: short delays may not be too damaging, but early detection is still key to survival
John Abraham’s colonoscopy was postponed for several months because of the pandemic. When he finally got it, doctors found a growth too big to be removed safely during the scope…
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Coronavirus: chronically ill Hongkonger dies days after getting BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, while experts push for return of international travel
A chronically ill 66-year-old man died on Friday three days after receiving the BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, while pressure mounted on Hong Kong officials to move ahead with negotiating the return…
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Coronavirus: Indonesia approves AstraZeneca vaccine; Mumbai sees record daily cases
Indonesia’s Food and Drug agency (BPOM) on Friday said it had approved the usage of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine after reviewing reports the vaccine had caused blood clots among some recipients…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong to tighten rules for Cathay Pacific aircrew exempted from quarantine over mutant strain fears
A potential loophole that could allow a mutant Covid-19 strain to penetrate Hong Kong’s borders will be plugged from midnight on Friday, with the government tightening the “closed-loop” arrangements for…
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Coronavirus: what can Hong Kong do to give faltering Covid-19 vaccination scheme a boost?
With the coronavirus vaccination take-up rate remaining low, Hong Kong is a long way from achieving herd immunity.As of Thursday night, just 276,600 people had received Covid-19 shots, representing about…
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Australia news live: federal clinics open vaccine bookings to ease pressure on GPs; ‘dangerous’ rainfall continues along NSW coast
Queensland records no new locally acquired cases; more than 100 federally funded clinics will take bookings for Covid jabs from Friday and begin administering them from Monday. Follow all latest…
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Coronavirus live news: European countries to resume AstraZeneca vaccinations; Paris to start lockdown
French PM announces limited lockdown for Paris and other regions; Brazil suffers second-highest daily Covid death toll; European medical regulator says Astrazeneca vaccine is ‘safe and effective’ AstraZeneca Covid vaccine…
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Lockdown boredom drives UK video games market to £7bn record high
Gaming fans joined by million of newbies in 2020 resulting in £1.6bn more spent compared with 2019 The UK video games market hit a record £7bn last year as lockdown…
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UN’s Kunming biodiversity summit delayed a second time
Covid pandemic continues to hamper plans for key gathering to agree targets on protecting nature A key United Nations summit to negotiate an accord for nature similar to the Paris…