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Coronavirus live news: US averages 1,800 daily deaths as NSW investigates link to airline crews
World Health Organization warns virus spreading fast despite vaccine progress; French infections rise to 2.29m; Brazil reports 627 new deaths. Follow latest updates Vaccine to have only ‘marginal impact’ on…
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Biden urges Congress to act on economy and Covid with ‘dark winter’ ahead – live
President-elect addresses jobs report San Francisco Bay Area counties to go under stay-at-home order Judge orders Trump administration to fully restore Daca Judge dismisses Trump bids to contest Nevada and…
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GPs in England told to prepare vaccination sites for mid-December
Surgeries told to have staff in place by 14 December, with patients over 80 prioritised Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage GP surgeries have been told to…
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CDC advises ‘universal’ masks indoors as US Covid deaths again break records
Agency recommends masks indoors outside the home Joe Biden warns of ‘very dark winter ahead’ The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new coronavirus guidelines, including requesting…
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Millions in San Francisco Bay Area to face stay-home-order starting Sunday
Five counties to pre-emptively adopt statewide order as hospitals fill amid coronavirus surge Millions of people in the San Francisco Bay Area will go under a new stay-at-home order beginning…
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How China’s belt and road vision of a new type of globalisation can benefit all
This is an unusual moment in history. Covid-19 has plunged the global economy into recession, protectionism and unilateralism are mounting, and inequality and imbalance in global distribution and development are…
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Bahrain is second nation in world to grant emergency use for Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
The island kingdom of Bahrain said on Friday it has become the second nation in the world to grant an emergency-use authorisation for the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer and…
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Covid vaccine to have only ‘marginal impact’ on winter hospital admissions
UK’s chief medical officers say health services will be put under more strain by Christmas socialising Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The coronavirus vaccine will have…
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BioNTech founders tell UN they are optimistic coronavirus can be curbed by end of year
The founders of BioNTech, the German co-developer of a Covid-19 vaccine alongside US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, on Friday said they were optimistic that the coronavirus pandemic could be contained by…
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Durham police assessing file on Dominic Cummings’ lockdown trip
Force confirms for first time it is looking into dossier produced by former senior prosecutor Nazir Afzal Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Durham police have confirmed…