COVID-19 Updates
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Global Covid jabs pass billion mark, as Indian government censors critical tweets
Despite vaccine rollout, global coronavirus cases hit a new daily record on the back of an explosion of infections in India See all our coronavirus coverage More than a billion…
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Coronavirus: more than 1 billion vaccine shots administered worldwide
The number of Covid-19 vaccine shots administered globally surpassed the one-billion mark on Saturday, offering hope after months of pandemic misery, even as the number of coronavirus cases worldwide hit…
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Peter Dutton hits back at WA premier, insisting states had agreed to manage hotel quarantine
Federal minister rejects call for commonwealth to make defence facilities available for returned travellers, saying they are too ‘austere’ New Perth case confirmed as hotel quarantine failures condemned The defence…
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More than half of UK population has had first jab – as it happened
This blog is now closed. For up to date coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, head to the link below: See all our coronavirus coverage 12.12am BST At least 27 people…
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GlaxoSmithKline faces dose of strong medicine from US investor
This week’s lacklustre results will strengthen boss Emma Walmsley’s case for reform – but also inspire her critics When the American hedge fund Elliott Management took a sizeable stake in…
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Can Australia achieve herd immunity to coronavirus, and what happens if not?
Declining immunity and new viral variants may mean annual vaccine boosters are needed Immunologists and virologists are questioning the ability of populations to ever achieve herd immunity to Covid-19. They…
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Eight officers injured policing anti-lockdown protest in London
Demonstrators hurled missiles, including bottles at march attended by Laurence Fox and Piers Corbyn Eight police officers have been injured as they dispersed crowds during an anti-lockdown protest in central…
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US states resume Johnson & Johnson vaccine in push to end Covid ‘nightmare’
Indiana, New York, Virginia, Missouri and Michigan among states ordering or recommending resumption after US officials lift pause Seeking in the words of one governor to put “the long Covid…
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India’s Covid death toll at record high, but true figure likely to be worse
Many patients do not have access to healthcare or do not come forward for tests, doctors have warned Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage India’s daily Covid…
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Coronavirus: India’s patients suffocate amid oxygen shortage in world’s worst virus surge
Indian authorities are scrambling to get oxygen tanks to hospitals where Covid-19 patients are suffocating in the world’s worst coronavirus surge, as the government comes under increasing criticism for its…