COVID-19 Updates
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Covid: how have UK border controls compared with other countries’?
Unlike Britain, other countries opted for much tighter travel restrictions, including screening and quarantine Just 10 days before the first Covid-19 lockdown in March last year, the UK abandoned a…
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UK Covid live: one in 35 Londoners and one in 55 in England had coronavirus last week, ONS figures say
Latest updates: percentage of people testing positive for Covid-19 remained high but decreased slightly in week ending 16 January Experts split over £500 payment for people with Covid in England…
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Joe Biden to focus on economic recovery after Covid as 17.5m vaccine shots given in US – live
Biden team in race against time against new Covid strain Biden executive orders target minimum wage and food insecurity Insurrection and inauguration: Biden’s new political era Fauci describes ‘liberating feeling’…
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Foreign NHS workers could be denied Covid vaccine in England
Exclusive: Guidelines at one hospital say only those with NHS number can have jab, excluding those from overseas Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Foreign NHS workers…
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Coronavirus live news: Hong Kong to impose local lockdown; EU seeking clarity from Pfizer over vaccine delays
Tens of thousands to be ordered to stay at home in Hong Kong; European Commission to question Pfizer over vaccine delivery delays German lockdown to continue despite drop in infection…
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German lockdown to remain in place despite drop in infection rate
As deaths mount, health minister says measures are intended to prevent Covid situation worsening Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Germany’s health minister, Jens Spahn, has called…
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UK census will go ahead in March despite Covid, says ONS
Field workers will be tested twice a week and will be ‘safe and socially distant’, says head of census The Office for National Statistics has insisted the 2021 census will…
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Met police officer, 37, dies after testing positive for Covid
PC Michael Warren was classed as vulnerable and had been shielding at home, says force Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A serving Metropolitan police officer has…
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Israel’s ibex make the most of lockdown – in pictures
Nubian ibex have been roaming the empty streets of Mitzpe Ramon as Israel’s coronavirus lockdown extends to the end of the month Continue reading… Read the original article at The…
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Vaccine passports essential for resumption of international travel
The World Tourism Organisation says international coordination, standardised certification and harmonised testing protocols all needed for safe travel to restart Vaccine passports must become essential travel documents in order to…