COVID-19 Updates
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Could local lockdown return in Bolton as Covid cases rise?
India variant and vaccinations are new factors for government to consider in how to deal with town Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Coronavirus cases have surged…
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Ben Jennings on the lifting of lockdown – cartoon
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Go the extra mile to hit zero cases in Hong Kong
No untraceable coronavirus infections for 14 days is the goal Hong Kong has been set by Beijing before border restrictions with the mainland can be loosened. Chief Executive Carrie Lam…
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England’s traffic-light system: is travel to ‘amber’ countries allowed?
What health experts, travel firms and ministers say about England’s new rules as lockdown eases Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The ban on international travel has…
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Nurse who looked after Boris Johnson in hospital quits over UK’s treatment of NHS staff amid coronavirus pandemic
A nurse who looked after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a hospital intensive care ward as he battled Covid-19 is leaving her job, with a newspaper saying she had…
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US scientists are working on a coronavirus super-jab for the ‘pandemic age’
As countries race to vaccinate their populations against the coronavirus and its variants, some scientists have turned their focus to a broader goal: a vaccine that protects against a range…
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Coronavirus: mixing Pfizer shot and AstraZeneca safe and effective, Spanish study finds
A Spanish study on mixing Covid-19 vaccines has found that giving a dose of Pfizer’s drug to people who already received a first shot of AstraZeneca vaccine is highly safe…
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Coronavirus: leaders from Hong Kong’s battered tourism sector urge people to get vaccinated so travel can resume
Tourism industry leaders have urged Hong Kong residents to get vaccinated for Covid-19 to help resume travel as arrivals to the city plunged nearly 100 per cent year on year…
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Singapore ramps up vaccination drive to give all adults one Covid-19 shot by early August
Singapore is speeding up its Covid-19 vaccine roll-out and aims to inoculate its entire adult population with at least one dose by early August, as it seeks to maximise its…
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UK jobs likely to keep recovering if Covid easing can continue
Analysis: furlough has helped shelter Britons from unemployment, and businesses are hiring again Trying to get to the bottom of what is happening to Britain’s labour market is a tricky…