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Latinos dying daily from Covid-19 increase 1,000% in Los Angeles county
The average number of daily deaths from coronavirus among the county’s Latino residents increased from 3.5 deaths to 40 deaths per 100,000 The average number of Latino residents dying from…
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EU gives itself power to block Covid vaccine exports – video
The European commission has announced that it will tighten the export rules of vaccines produced in the 27 EU countries. ‘We paid these companies to increase production and now we…
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January’s daily UK Covid death toll averages more than 1,000, figures show
Confirmation of deadliest month of pandemic comes a year after the UK recorded its first Covid death Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage More than 1,000 people…
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WHO investigators meet Wuhan hospital leaders on day two of Covid-19 mission – but afternoon will be spent ‘visiting museums’
A World Health Organization team visited one of the first hospitals in Wuhan to treat patients with Covid-19, on the second day of a long-delayed and politically charged investigation into…
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As coronavirus mutations undercut vaccine optimism, US scientists warn of a long fight
The world could be on the verge of having two more vaccines to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, but virus variants popping up worldwide are forcing companies that make the shots…
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WHO’s Covid warnings were not heeded. Now the world has a new chance to beat the virus
If nations make vaccine delivery equitable, step up testing and study variant genomes, the pandemic could be under control by January 2022 Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus…
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Coronavirus Asia: outbreak shortens Vietnam’s Communist Party congress; Japan to extend state of emergency
Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party on Saturday said it would cut short a key five-yearly congress as it battled its biggest flare-up yet of Covid-19. The congress will end on Monday,…
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Hong Kong fourth wave: government orders thousands of construction workers at airport to be screened as Covid-19 cluster grows; another 28 cases logged
Health authorities have ordered thousands of workers helping to build a new airport runway in Hong Kong to undergo testing for the coronavirus after another five cases tied to an…
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Coronavirus: why vaccine inequality in Asia threatens the world’s recovery
The development the world spent much of 2020 waiting for – viable Covid-19 vaccines – is finally upon us. Yet in many countries the end to the pandemic remains out…
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Australian Covid vaccines rollout: everything you need to know
Inoculations will soon begin across the country, but who will get which vaccine and when? Here’s what we know so far State-by-state restrictions and rules explained Follow the global coronavirus…