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‘Vaccine apartheid’: how white privilege is woven into the fabric of globalisation
For many in the West, the arrival of Covid-19 vaccines has come as a relief. Getting vaccinated, or seeing their family getting vaccinated, was their first feeling that the pandemic…
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Coronavirus: six EU leaders warn of ‘huge disparities’ in vaccine distribution
The leaders of six European Union countries called on Saturday for high-level EU talks on the equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccine doses, saying the current system would create “huge disparities”…
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Coronavirus: outrage in Jordan as oxygen shortage leads to seven Covid hospital deaths
At least seven Covid-19 patients died on Saturday when a Jordanian hospital ran out of oxygen, triggering an outcry in the kingdom and forcing the health minister to resign.Jordan’s King…
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Coronavirus: Jordan’s health minister steps down after seven deaths in Covid-19 ward
Jordan’s health minister stepped down on Saturday after at least seven patients in a hospital Covid-19 ward died because of a shortage of oxygen supplies, state media reported.Hours later, King…
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Joe Biden writes a cheque for America – and the rest of the world
The president’s $1.9tn stimulus package should lift US GDP by up to 4% – and thus buoy up the whole of the global economy US president Joe Biden did the…
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Covid trauma will drive intensive care staff out of NHS, warns charity
Society that represents ICU staff says workers on pandemic frontline need urgent mental health support after year of high stress The trauma of watching thousands of patients die during the…
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Coronavirus: growing gym cluster leaves embattled Hong Kong fitness industry licking its wounds
A rapidly expanding cluster of Covid-19 infections linked to a Hong Kong gym has left many people in the city’s embattled fitness industry shell-shocked as they come to terms with…
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Quarter of English families plan to break Covid rules for a Mother’s Day visit
After a year of restrictions, many parents feel it’s worth bending rules to take children to see their grandmothers, though most will only do so outdoors One in four parents…
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Jordan’s health minister steps down over hospital oxygen failure deaths
At least six patients in died due to shortage of oxygen supplies, state media reports Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Jordan’s health minister has stepped down…