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WHO calls for action as Omicron coronavirus variant spreads to 57 countries
The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in at least 57 countries, according to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, calling on governments…
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It’s my non-party and I’ll lie if I want to: Boris Johnson is bang to rights | John Crace
The PM took us through the looking-glass, but his bloodshot eyes gave the game away Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Some of the Tory backbenchers looked…
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposes coronavirus Plan B to tackle Omicron
Work-from-home guidance will return, Covid-19 health certificates are to become mandatory in large venues and mask rules will be extended to combat the Omicron variant as British Prime Minister Boris…
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How to say no to alcohol this holiday season: five expert tips to keep you on the wagon or limit your drinking
For people trying to stay sober, or limit their intake of alcohol, the holiday season can be a difficult time. Benjamin Miller, a clinical psychologist and president of Oakland, California-based…
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The Guardian view on Boris Johnson: a stranger to honesty
The scandal of a Downing Street party in lockdown reveals something rotten at the very heart of government Boris Johnson’s career path is paved with falsehood. He was fired from…
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In Britain’s pound-shop Trumpian administration, rules are for the rest of us | Owen Jones
The Downing Street antics show us how the revolving door of media and political elites fails to hold the powerful to account On the day government staffers allegedly partied in…
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Coronavirus: scientists say more genomic surveillance is needed to detect new variants sooner
The world could be slow to detect new coronavirus variants given that just 2 per cent of global Covid-19 cases have been sequenced. That is according to an analysis by…
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Coronavirus: Omicron protection should be effective after three doses, say Pfizer-BioNTech
Two doses of the BioNTech and Pfizer coronavirus vaccine may not be enough to protect against the Omicron variant, the companies warned Wednesday, but stressed it was “still effective” after…
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Talk of a No 10 Christmas party is an insult to the thousands who have died of Covid | Rachel Clarke
Last winter my NHS colleagues and I saw patients suffocating alone. The government has stuck two fingers up to them As I type this, feeling close to tears, not one…
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Coronavirus: Poland faces surge of deaths amid high vaccine resistance
As Hanna Zientara, 83, endured subfreezing temperatures to get a coronavirus vaccine booster shot in Warsaw, her 30-year-old grandson was starting a Canary Islands holiday while unvaccinated and stubbornly refusing…