COVID-19 Updates
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US sets new record with 4m Covid jabs in day – as it happened
Number fully vaccinated in UK passes 5m milestone; Argentina’s leader tests positive. This blog has now closed. Follow our coronavirus news below: See all our coronavirus coverage 1.18am BST This…
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Boris Johnson to give go-ahead for trials of Covid passports
Comedy club and cup finals among pilot events as backbench Tory revolt grows Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Football cup finals, the World Snooker Championship, a…
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Undermining the AstraZeneca jab is a dangerous act of political folly | Robin McKie
Spreading fears over the Oxford vaccine undercuts science and public health It has been a disquieting week for those concerned about the lifting of Covid restrictions. Numbers of cases and…
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How New Zealand’s Covid success made it a laboratory for the world
Small outbreaks and universal genomic sequencing provides unique insights into how coronavirus spreads Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Jenene Crossan doesn’t know where she got it.…
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Teaching union urges schools to stop ‘parent bombing’ of online classes
Remote learning has left teachers on receiving end of insults and interference, says NASUWT The switch to remote learning during lockdown left teachers on the receiving end of verbal abuse…
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More than 5m people in UK have had second dose of Covid vaccine
Boris Johnson hails ‘milestone in vaccination programme’ and urges everyone to get the jab Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage More than 5 million people in the…
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Police break up Good Friday church service over apparent Covid rule breaches
Worshippers at Christ the King Polish Catholic church in London told they could be fined or arrested Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A Good Friday service…
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Easter egg hunt: UK shoppers disappointed by shortages
Many share pictures of empty shelves on social media and some draw comparisons to last year’s toilet paper shortage First it was toilet roll, then flour. Now UK shoppers have…
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Strain on NHS as tens of thousands of staff suffer long Covid
ONS says at least 122,000 health service workers have condition, threatening patient care Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Intense pressures on the already overstretched NHS are…
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Unions warn ministers against rush to ditch masks in English schools
Policy is helping to curb spread of Covid and should not be scrapped, Gavin Williamson is told Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Ministers should not “rush…