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Sydney ICU nurses sedating patients more to manage workload as Covid outbreak strains hospitals
Exclusive: staff say ‘hellhole’ conditions and staff shortages are forcing them to ‘knock patients out’ with increased sedative doses as the safest way to manage patient load Follow our Covid…
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Business group says investing in UK workers won’t solve labour crisis
Institute of Directors rejects official advice and says flexible visas also needed to cut staff shortages One of the UK’s biggest business lobby groups has hit back at government advice…
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The Guardian view on attacks on NHS staff: a grim and growing problem | Editorial
Rising levels of aggression directed at nurses and others can only worsen the crisis facing the health service What a difference a year makes. This time last year, the country…
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Fauci: 100,000 new Covid deaths in US ‘predictable but preventable’
Dozens of states reported rapidly increasing fatalities Resistance in some states to public health mandates Florida radio host who called himself ‘Mr Anti-Vax’ dies of Covid As many as 100,000…
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Eric Clapton releases song seen as criticising official response to Covid
This Has Gotta Stop lines include ‘I can’t take this BS any longer’ and follows negative comments about restrictions Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Eric Clapton,…
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Coronavirus: Israel offers booster shots to children as young as 12; Switzerland warns of terror attacks on vaccine sites
Israel has begun offering a Covid-19 booster to vaccinated people as young as 12, and its prime minister said a campaign that began a month ago among seniors has slowed…
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Texas man who led anti-mask protests in name of ‘freedom’ dies of Covid-19
Caleb Wallace, 30, had been unconscious since 8 August Wife: ‘He loved his family and his little girls more than anything’ Florida radio host who called himself ‘Mr Anti-Vax’ dies…
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Coronavirus live news: Australia reports over 1,000 new cases; England’s Covid infections are 26 times up on a year ago – as it happened
Follow all the latest on the Covid-19 pandemic from around the world See all our coronavirus coverage 4.06pm BST This blog is closing now but thanks very much for reading.…
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Older Australians at back of queue for mRNA vaccines despite Atagi advice to give them choice
There will soon be enough Pfizer and Moderna jabs to offer to those who don’t want AstraZeneca, but politicians say 12- to 15-year-olds should get priority Older Australians could have…
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Florida radio host who called himself ‘Mr Anti-Vax’ dies of Covid-19
Marc Bernier was hospitalized three weeks ago Station and friends pay tribute to host Unvaccinated teacher infected half her students, CDC finds A conservative radio host from Florida who criticised…