COVID-19 Updates
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Nicola Jennings on coronavirus and vaccines — cartoon
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The Guardian view on Gavin Williamson: plans not fit for purpose | Editorial
Transforming schools into academies won’t improve them. But the education secretary appears not to have any new ideas Schools are having a hard time. Teachers and other staff, the majority…
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Backlash within Coalition over ‘extreme’ and ‘heavy-handed’ India travel ban
One government MP says biosecurity powers offer ‘an insane level of power for a single minister to wield’ Legal challenges loom over India travel ban Does the health justification stack…
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CVS and Walgreens wasted 128,500 Covid vaccine doses, report finds
US pharmacy chains responsible for vast majority of the recorded 182,874 wasted doses, according to Kaiser Health News US pharmacy chains CVS and Walgreens are responsible for the vast majority…
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Tears and bear hugs as Wales lifts ban on having a cwtch
‘A wonderful day’: friends and families finally able to enjoy a cuddle after months of abstention Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Some were accompanied with laughter,…
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UK likely to give green light for travel to fewer than 10 EU countries
Traffic light system to be used cautiously despite European plan to let in Covid-vaccinated tourists from June Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Britons’ summer holiday plans…
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Coronavirus: EU eyes summer reopening to fully vaccinated travellers
In an announcement sure to be welcomed by travellers worldwide, EU officials on Monday proposed easing restrictions on visiting the 27-nation bloc as vaccination campaigns across the continent gather speed.Travel…
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The Covid fines paint a bleak picture of pandemic policing that’s going to get worse | Micha Frazer-Carroll
As anti-racists warned, fines in England for breaking lockdown rules were given out disproportionately to BAME people When the government handed the police powers to detain and fine people under…
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Coronavirus: Singapore defers non-urgent surgeries after first Covid-19 death in weeks; Philippine’s Duterte gets Chinese vaccine
Singapore’s Ministry of Health said it has asked hospitals to defer non-urgent surgeries and admissions until further notice, in a bid to increase potential capacity after the city state saw…
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Australia’s India travel ban: does the health justification stack up and is the move legal?
The extreme use of a power most people didn’t know existed has generated a storm of criticism. We look at how it came about – and what happens next Australians…