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Joe Biden opens winter battle against Covid-19 as US sees more Omicron cases
US President Joe Biden announced on Thursday a winter campaign against Covid-19, with new testing requirements for travellers and a surge in vaccination efforts.Biden has brought steady leadership after the…
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Martin Rowson on Boris Johnson’s lockdown hoedown – cartoon
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Omicron variant uncertainty should put investors off amateur virology
Here are just some of the things we do not know about the Omicron variant of Covid-19: the severity and transmissibility of infections, the efficacy of the current crop of…
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Party pooper George Freeman pours cold water on Boris Johnson’s Christmas
Science minister makes schoolboy error of giving honest answer on unknown threat of Omicron Spare a thought for George Freeman. For reasons best known to himself, the decent if decidedly…
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The Guardian view on mixed Omicron messages: Christmas party politics | Editorial
Boris Johnson’s lack of clarity about the latest Covid response is a deliberate policy, not an oversight Another day, another set of bad Covid figures, and another jumble of mixed…
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How probable is it Omicron Covid variant will take hold in UK?
Analysis: UK’s early vaccine deployment and use of different vaccines from South Africa mean it’s too soon to say Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Omicron is…
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We’re all so exhausted we need another word to describe quite how exhausted we feel | Brigid Delaney
Like everyone else after 20 months of virus vigilance, I’m only now stopping to take a breath Hey, how are you? You’re tired? How tired? Continue reading… Read the original…
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No jab, no joining in: Germany excludes those without coronavirus vaccine from public life
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that people who are not vaccinated will be excluded from non-essential stores, cultural and recreational venues, and that parliament will consider a general…
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Any Omicron restrictions will deepen prejudice against unvaccinated people | Gaby Hinsliff
Frustration that the virus still hasn’t gone away is increasingly being aimed at those who remain stubbornly unvaccinated We’re not back into lockdown, of course, or anything even vaguely resembling…
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Omicron spreading quicker than all other Covid-19 variants in South African ‘epicentre’
The Omicron coronavirus variant is spreading faster in Gauteng, the epicentre of the latest outbreak in South Africa, than the Delta strain or any of the earlier mutations, an adviser…