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A day with the paramedics on the frontline of the UK’s ambulance crisis
If you dial 999, you might expect an ambulance to come in minutes – but in reality, the pandemic has pushed an already creaking service to its limits. This is…
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Scott Morrison says he ‘believes’ he has never told a lie in public life – was that a lie?
Australia’s prime minister was asked about lying allegations on Melbourne’s 3AW radio. We fact checked him Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing It was a short,…
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Covid live: Germany reports record 50,000 new cases; Dutch experts recommend lockdown amid record cases
Robert Koch Institute records 50,196 new cases of coronavirus in Germany; Netherlands would have western Europe’s first lockdown since the summer German chancellor-in-waiting pushes new measures to fight rising cases…
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China approves trials on using mRNA vaccine as booster shot
China has approved trials for the use of a domestically developed mRNA Covid-19 vaccine as a booster shot — a development that could widen the options for China’s vaccination campaign.The…
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Colorado reactivates crisis hospital guidelines as Covid cases rise
A booster shot is being offered to those age 18 and older to combat the surge as hospitals are expecting a shortage of ICU beds The Delta variant is driving…
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Fearful of overwhelmed morgues and battling lockdown protests, New Zealand faces up to Covid peak
The country that kept the virus out for so long is now coming to terms with endemic Covid See all our coronavirus coverage Fears of overwhelmed morgues, record Covid cases,…
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Israel holds ‘war game’ in case of lethal new coronavirus strain
In what it called a world first, Israel on Thursday held a “war game drill” in case of an outbreak of a new lethal variant of Covid-19.Civilian and military officials…
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Students in England to sit repeated mock A-levels and GCSEs, Ofqual says
Unions and school leaders critical after regulator publishes long-delayed contingency plan Students taking A-levels and GCSEs in England will be asked to sit repeated mock exams, after the exam regulator…
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Scholz pushes new measures to tackle Germany’s rising Covid cases
Chancellor-in-waiting sticks with plan to lift nationwide state of emergency Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting Olaf Scholz has pushed ahead with a plan to…
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‘No jab, no job’: care home workers in England on the Covid vaccine mandate
Carers share their differing views as the government’s vaccine ultimatum takes effect Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage As the government’s vaccine mandate for care home workers…