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NHS to begin autumn Covid jabs next week as new variant spreads
Pirola variant has prompted concern among scientists because of high number of mutations it carries Care home residents and people who are housebound will be offered Covid vaccines from Monday,…
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Latest Covid variant spreading in UK, health data suggests
BA.2.86, nicknamed Pirola, causing concern among scientists because of fear it could be more transmissible The latest Covid-19 variant, BA.2.86, appears to be spreading in the UK, health surveillance data…
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Why aren’t we all being offered an autumn Covid booster? We can’t let cost prevent us keeping Britain healthy | Sheena Cruickshank
The UK’s limited vaccine offer ignores the serious threat of long Covid – and the knock-on effects on the economy Recent headlines have been flagging that Covid may be coming…
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WHO warns of ‘concerning’ Covid-19 trends ahead of winter
Covid-19 death toll is on the rise again in the Middle East and Asia, while intensive care unit admissions are increasing in Europe, the WHO says. Read the original article…
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Maskless Joe Biden laughs off pandemic guidance despite first lady having Covid
The US president has raised eyebrows for not wearing a mask at at least two events soon after wife Jill Biden had her positive diagnosis. Read the original article at…
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No 10 had head-in-sand mentality at start of Covid crisis, says ex-minister
James Bethell says Downing Street did not want to prioritise pandemic in early 2020 even as evidence was mounting Downing Street showed an “ostrich, head-in-the-sand mentality” towards Covid in early…
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Jill Biden tests positive for Covid-19 but president’s test is negative
First lady ‘experiencing only mild symptoms’ amid late-summer rise in coronavirus infections in US Jill Biden tested positive for Covid on Monday night, the White House said, the second time…
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Everything you need to know about the new Covid variant – podcast
The UK Health Security Agency has announced plans to bring forward its autumn Covid-19 vaccination programme, and scale up testing and surveillance, after the emergence of the BA.2.86 variant. Madeleine…
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Jill Biden tests positive for Covid-19 ahead of Joe Biden’s G20 trip to India
US President Joe Biden, who tested negative for the virus, is due to travel to a Group of 20 summit in India. Read the original article at South China Morning…
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Covid: what’s the situation in England, and what should I do if I get it?
As students return from their summer break and a new variant emerges, we look at the rules and advice As schools and universities prepare for the return of students after…