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Oxford Covid vaccine hit 90% success rate thanks to dosing error
Participants given first shot at half strength by mistake were found to be better protected Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Oxford University and AstraZeneca vaccine…
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Los Angeles bans restaurant dining and plans stay-at-home order
State reported 15,000 coronavirus cases on Saturday as it faces fears of hospital bed shortage and growing threat over holidays Los Angeles is shutting down restaurant dining and plans to…
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US to distribute Covid-19 antibody cocktail that Trump received
Regeneron’s two-drug cocktail will be used to treat people who are at high risk of being hospitalized with the coronavirus The federal government plans to immediately begin distributing a new…
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China debt: Beijing may cut belt and road lending due to domestic pressure, to ensure future of project
President Xi Jinping last week doubled down on China’s commitment to his grand foreign policy project, the Belt and Road Initiative, but opinions are split over the sustainability of such…
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New York swingers club shut down for breaking coronavirus restrictions
Queens club that was holding a sex party was based in part of the city where indoor gatherings are limited to 25 people New York authorities have said no to…
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No-deal Brexit to cost more than Covid, says Bank of England governor – video
The governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, has warned that the economic cost of a no-deal Brexit would be bigger in the long term than the damage caused by…
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Pope Francis, for first time, says China’s Uygurs are ‘persecuted’
In a new book, Pope Francis for the first time calls China’s Muslim Uygurs a “persecuted” people, something human rights activists have been urging him to do for years.“I think…
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Qantas boss says all international travellers on airline will have to have vaccination
Alan Joyce says once the vaccine is widely available it will be a non-negotiable condition of flight on international services Follow today’s live news blog Australia’s restrictions explained: state by…
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Tiers of a clown as Boris Johnson’s video link falls down | John Crace
Priti Patel bullying forgotten as prime minister tells Commons about new Covid measures On a normal Monday the Commons might have been preoccupied with the prime minister’s “unintentional” decision not…
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Vaccine results bring us a step closer to ending Covid, says Oxford scientist
Latest breakthrough comes as PM says he hopes most at-risk could be immunised by Easter Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The world is moving a step…