COVID-19 Updates
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Covid vaccine landmark as more than half UK receives initial jab
NHS boss hails ‘astonishing’ achievement of giving out 33m first vaccinations and 11m second doses Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage More than half of the UK’s…
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Florida family indicted for selling toxic bleach as fake Covid ‘cure’
Indictment says the Grenons sold tens of thousands of bottles of ‘Miracle Mineral Solution’ and alleges they received more than $1m US company illegally peddles ‘miracle cure’ for Covid variants…
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Mallorca man arrested for infecting 22 people with Covid
Police arrest man on suspicion of assault for going to work and the gym despite signs he had the virus Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A…
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Coronavirus: 14-day travel ban to Hong Kong leaves Filipino domestic worker stranded, feeling ‘helpless’
Aprilyn Racca’s world was turned upside down after a news alert popped up on her phone during the eight-hour bus ride to Manila from her hometown in Illocos Sur, in…
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Covid spread as overcrowding doubles among private renters in England
Ethnic minorities worst affected as pandemic forces households to take in extra family members, official survey shows Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The proportion of private…
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Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education exam students take change of venue over Covid-19 risks in their stride
Hong Kong’s university entrance exams entered their second day on Saturday, with more candidates taking the tests, but about 80 students were forced to use a backup venue after a…
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India’s daily Covid death toll hits new record amid oxygen shortages
Authorities battle to get oxygen supplies to hospitals overwhelmed by hundreds of thousands of new cases Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage India’s daily coronavirus death toll…
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The world is desperate for more Covid vaccines – patents shouldn’t get in the way | Stephen Buranyi
Pharmaceutical companies insist secrecy is the only way. But what if they were obliged to share recipes and supply chains? Biolyse is a small pharmaceutical manufacturer in Canada with a…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong expects almost all cross-border truck drivers to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by end of month
Almost all of the roughly 7,000 cross-border truck drivers actively in business were expected to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by late April, Hong Kong’s transport minister said on Saturday,…
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Like the prime minister, I have decided now is not the time for personal growth | Nish Kumar
Seeing Boris Johnson give briefings about Covid deaths has been like watching Elmo from Sesame Street deliver a Ted Talk All things being well, we are entering the endgame of…