COVID-19 Updates
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Steve Bell on the UK’s vaccination drive – cartoon
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Britain to face significant cut in coronavirus vaccine supply from end March
Britain will see a significant reduction in the amount of Covid-19 vaccines available at the end of the month due to a cut in manufacturing supply, it said on Wednesday,…
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Labour calls for full Covid public inquiry starting in June
Exclusive: Shadow minister Rachel Reeves says government should work with the bereaved on setting inquiry up Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Labour has thrown its weight…
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Dominic Raab accuses EU of ‘brinkmanship’ over vaccine supply threat – video
The UK’s foreign secretary said the European commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, needed to explain herself after she threatened to ban exports of Covid-19 vaccines to the UK. Raab…
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A public inquiry is the only way Britain can prevent another crisis like coronavirus | Chaand Nagpaul
People have a right to know the government mistakes that led to the highest mortality rate in Europe Chaand Nagpaul is chair of the British Medical Association council When coronavirus…
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Isolaid festival turns one: what’s next for Australia’s favourite pandemic pivot?
Since the first live stream in March 2020, the weekly event has hosted 881 artists, resulted in record deals and evolved to a paid gig. As organiser Emily Ulman says:…
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EU threatens to ban vaccine exports to Britain amid ‘crisis of century’
The European Union on Wednesday threatened to ban exports of Covid-19 vaccines to Britain to safeguard scarce doses for the bloc’s own citizens facing a third wave of the pandemic…
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Malaysia’s Muhyiddin unveils US$4.9 billion in fresh stimulus to aid coronavirus recovery
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin unveiled a fresh round of stimulus on Wednesday, in the hope of breathing life into a pandemic-hit economy that last year saw its worst contraction…
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The world’s richest countries are hoarding vaccines. This is morally indefensible | Fatima Bhutto
Why does South Africa pay twice as much for vaccines as European countries? Why has Africa – home to 1.3bn people – been allocated just 300m doses? Last year, European…
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Washington warns it could restrict Cathay Pacific Airways flights over Hong Kong quarantine rules
Washington has warned it may restrict flights from local carriers such as Cathay Pacific Airways over objections to Hong Kong’s quarantine rules, which it says are denying “fair and equal…