COVID-19 Updates
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Pressure on Hancock over pub landlord’s Covid deal
Former health secretary defends his record to MPs, saying there was ‘no contract between the firm and the department or NHS’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage…
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GPs in England may stop monitoring vulnerable patients
Exclusive: Sajid Javid locked in talks with BMA about relaxing rules in order to help deliver Covid booster programme Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Ministers may…
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UK ministers secure 114m more Covid vaccines for next two years
Extra Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna jabs for 2022 and 2023 ordered to ‘future proof’ vaccine programme Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Ministers in the UK have secured…
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Facebook removes Chinese network over fake ‘Swiss biologist’ coronavirus claims
Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc said on Wednesday it had removed accounts used by an influence operation originating in China that promoted claims of a fake “Swiss biologist” saying the…
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Coronavirus pandemic a ‘critical opportunity’ for US-China cooperation, report says
The US should take concrete steps to expand cooperation with China in health security, building on their ties in this area and momentum from last month’s leaders’ summit, a new…
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Biden responds to claim Trump tested positive for Covid days before their debate – video
Biden was questioned by a reporter over a claim in a book by Trump’s last chief of staff that the ex-president had tested positive for Covid-19 three days before the…
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‘Matter of time’: Fauci confirms first US case of Omicron – video
The first confirmed case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in the US has been identified in California. In a White House news briefing, Anthony Fauci, the director of the national institute…
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Martin Rowson on Boris Johnson and the Omicron variant – cartoon
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US detects first case of Omicron coronavirus variant
The US recorded its first confirmed case of the Omicron variant on Wednesday – in a vaccinated traveller who returned to California after a trip to South Africa – as…
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UK house prices remain turbo-charged without sales of healthy market | Phillip Inman
Cutting stamp duty and interest rates saved financial system from hardship but widened property wealth gap A buoyant private sector housing market is one of the key building blocks of…