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Coronavirus: fears over surge in untraceable cases, as Hong Kong records 23 new infections while double whammy of Covid-19 and respiratory illnesses looms
Hong Kong’s health authorities warned of a worrying surge in untraceable Covid-19 cases as they reported 23 new infections on Thursday, while also ordering kindergartens across the city to close…
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Coronavirus live news: warning that Diwali could be ‘super spreader event’; world record 136,000 daily US cases
Germany’s Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases said on Thursday the number of Covid-19 deaths is set to rise and it expects an uncontrolled spread of the disease in some…
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‘Pathetic’: Keir Starmer condemns No 10 infighting after PM’s senior aide Lee Cain resigns – UK politics live
Peter Cardwell, who was a special adviser for four cabinet ministers under Theresa May and Boris Johnson until he was sacked in the reshuffle at the start of this year,…
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UK GDP growth: why experts say it could have been much better
The bounceback in the UK economy in the third quarter was record breaking, but the response from business groups, trade unions and many economists was that it might have been…
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Masks do protect wearers from Covid-19 after all, US CDC finally admits
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention now says masks, even cloth ones, protect wearers from catching, as well as spreading, the coronavirus.Yes, this is the same national health…
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UK economy grew at record quarterly rate but recovery slowed in September
Britain’s economy grew at a record quarterly rate of more than 15% as lockdown restrictions were eased in the summer but the recovery has now petered out, the latest official…
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Spike in yellow fever deaths prompts Nigeria to revive vaccination campaigns
More than 70 people are feared to have died of yellow fever in Nigeria since September, as health authorities warn of a resurgence of the disease. The country recorded 47…
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Pfizer chief sold $5.6m of shares on day of Covid vaccine announcement
Pfizer’s chief executive sold shares in the company worth $5.6m (£4.2m) on the day the drugmaker announced that its Covid-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective in protecting people from…
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‘It could be any child’: amid their grief, a family reach out
From his earliest years, Corey Liversedge came alive on the mountains. He bagged his first Munro, Ben Chonzie, with assistance from mum and dad, at the age of five, graduating…
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Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine offers little hope to Indians without power and cold storage
Despite hopes raised by Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, it will take huge efforts for India to defeat the coronavirus, with its 1.3 billion population and the world’s second-highest caseload.Pfizer’s announcement that…