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What are the coronavirus mRNA vaccines and how do they work?
As vaccines against Covid-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, are rolled out around the world, their effectiveness depends largely on public trust about their safety.Two of the vaccines…
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Coronavirus: second case of UK Covid-19 variant found in US
A second US case of the highly transmissible Covid-19 variant that emerged in the UK has been detected in California, a day after Colorado reported the nation’s first known infection.California…
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Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann on ‘Gilligan’s Island’, dies from Covid-19
Dawn Wells, who parlayed her girl-next-door charm and wholesome beauty into enduring TV fame as the sweet-natured desert island castaway Mary Ann on the classic 1960s sitcom Gilligan’s Island, died…
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We can’t rule out risks with Covid-19 mRNA vaccines, top Chinese health official says
A top Chinese health official has voiced caution about new vaccine technology used in coronavirus shots authorised in the United States and Britain.George Gao Fu, director of the Chinese Centre…
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Questions hang over UK’s rollout of Oxford/AstraZeneca jab
Analysis: regulator surprises by approving 12-week gap between first and second shots of vaccine as well as Pfizer/BioNTech shot Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage It’s a…
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How and when will Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine be rolled out in UK?
Government hopes approval of new jab will mean rapid expansion of immunisation programme Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The approval of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine has created…
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Coronavirus: Tokyo facing third wave of ‘unprecedented magnitude’, warns city’s governor
The Tokyo metropolitan government reported 944 cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, marking the second-highest daily tally on record and prompting Governor Yuriko Koike to warn that the capital…
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Coronavirus: tributes pour in for Li Wenliang, the Chinese doctor who first warned of a deadly disease
On December 30, 2019, Dr Li Wenliang was worried. His colleagues had come down with an unidentified but serious illness. Li, an eye doctor at Wuhan Central Hospital, wanted to…
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As China doles out coronavirus vaccine in Southeast Asia, US withers in a leadership vacuum
The Covid-19 pandemic is the first major crisis since World War II that the United States has not been a leader in resolving. That role has largely fallen to China,…
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Coronavirus: Swedish PM slammed over rule-breaking shopping centre visit amid surge in infections
A number of the most senior members of Sweden’s government, including the prime minister, have been caught apparently ignoring their own Covid-19 guidelines.Prime Minister Stefan Lofven and Justice Minister Morgan…