COVID-19 Updates
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‘I’m scared’: top US official shares sense of ‘doom’ as Covid cases rise
Dr Rochelle Walensky, the CDC director, notes new US cases are now at about 70,000 a day Coronavirus – live news The US faces “impending doom” from a resurgent coronavirus…
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Global treaty needed to protect states from pandemics, say world leaders
Joint letter signed by Boris Johnson, Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel and others warns ‘nobody is safe until everyone is safe’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The…
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Lenny Henry tells black Britons: get Covid jab to avoid being left behind
Open letter by comic and other black cultural figures encourages wider vaccine take-up Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Sir Lenny Henry has warned black Britons they…
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For Vietnamese-Americans, rising anti-Asian violence leaves them preferring the country their parents fled, for now
Six years ago, Christina Bui, who was born in the US state of Virginia to a family of Vietnamese immigrants, accepted a job in Ho Chi Minh City. Her mother…
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Biden says up to 90% of adults will be eligible for Covid vaccine by 19 April
President announces major expansion of nation’s vaccine program but also warns: ‘We still are in a war with this deadly virus’ Up to 90% of US adults will be eligible…
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Gove launches charm offensive over Covid passport scheme
Cabinet Office minister meets MPs over Zoom in attempt to win around opponents Michael Gove has launched a charm offensive to persuade sceptical MPs to back a domestic Covid passport…
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Coronavirus recovery: Asia-Pacific must focus on three areas in its post-pandemic plans
The world is emerging from the biggest social and economic shock in living memory, but it will be a long time before the deep scars of the Covid-19 pandemic on…
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Coronavirus: UN chief Antonio Guterres calls for more pandemic debt relief for poorer nations
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Monday for greater debt relief and new creative financing to help poorer nations deal with the pandemic and prevent their economic recoveries from…
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Two union flags flutter in hot air as Johnson tries to connect | Zoe Williams
All the pomp of the new No 10 briefing room was wasted on a Covid press conference of little substance Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The…
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Martin Rowson on easing England’s Covid lockdown – cartoon
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