COVID-19 Updates
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China’s ‘Dr Fauci’ tries to boost Covid-19 vaccination drive
One of China’s most trusted medical experts has urged the public to get their Covid-19 jabs as soon as possible as Beijing’s priorities shift from vaccine diplomacy to mass inoculation…
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Coronavirus live: expected delay in UK lockdown easing backed in poll; G7 pledges more than 1bn vaccines
Follow all the latest updates on the pandemic as a UK poll shows public support for a delay in the easing of restrictions 10.55am BST Germany’s health ministry said Johnson…
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Covid restrictions ease across Europe as infection rates fall
Steady progress against the virus sees a range of controls – but not all of them – removed Boris Johnson is being urged to postpone lifting all further legal restrictions…
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It’s too soon to end lockdown. But give us the best route to early freedom – Covid passports | Will Hutton
If initial caution is necessary, we also need to forget the spectre of Big Brother Prepare for a disappointment. No prime minister who is committed to an irreversible departure from…
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Chinese investigators target officials over coronavirus outbreak in Guangzhou
Officials in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou will be held to account over an ongoing outbreak of the coronavirus. A task force of municipal and provincial Communist Party disciplinary officials…
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‘We took up skydiving to escape’: Britain’s lockdown thrill-seekers
The extreme sport is booming after months of restrictions on people’s daily lives during the pandemic Maddie Woodward and Olly Rodgers were supposed to be getting married this year. But…
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Though it is newly respectable, the Wuhan lab theory remains fanciful | David Robert Grimes
Conspiracy theories on origins distract from tackling the pandemic and boost tawdry blame games In the storm of disinformation since the emergence of Covid-19, the assertion that the virus is…
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Johnson’s riding high, Starmer’s in the ditch… but how much longer will it last? | Andrew Rawnsley
Post-pandemic politics will bring trouble and strife for the government and opportunities for Labour Did Boris Johnson do something incredibly clever in December of last year and did Sir Keir…
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Covid-weary fans plan to bend rules with indoor gatherings
With the lifting of restrictions uncertain, pubs and venues see rush for tickets to view games legally Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage When the England-Croatia match…
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Hearts, pebbles, flags: handmade tributes mourn nation’s lost lives
People across Britain are creating their own ways to remember loved ones who have died from Covid ahead of an official permanent site Coronavirus – latest updates See all our…