COVID-19 Updates
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Covid live: UK to bring in new measures after Omicron variant detected; Israel bans oversea visitors – as it happened
Masks to be mandatory in shops and on public transport in Britain; Israel closes border initially for 14 days UK imposes new restrictions to fight Omicron as first cases found…
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Compulsory Covid PCR tests for arrivals to UK is ‘huge blow’ to travel industry
Move to tackle Omicron variant welcomed by scientists but trade body says it will add costs and hit demand Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The introduction…
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Coronavirus: thousands protest in Austria against Covid vaccine mandate
A total of almost 40,000 people have taken to the streets of Austria to protest against coronavirus measures and plans to make vaccination mandatory.The largest of the demonstrations took place…
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Coronavirus: Omicron variant may already be in the US, Anthony Fauci says
The omicron variant, a new strain of Covid-19 triggering panic worldwide, could already be in the United States.Dr Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious…
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Over 100,000 of the most vulnerable people have not had third jab
Cancer patients among those struggling to access their coronavirus booster vaccine Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A quarter of people with severely suppressed immunity that leaves…
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Biden and Harris briefed as US braces for arrival of Omicron Covid variant
US imposes travel restrictions from southern Africa as Anthony Fauci says he would not be surprised if variant were already in US Coronavirus: live coverage Joe Biden and Kamala Harris…
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Boris Johnson ‘ignored’ my plan to tackle deadly Covid variants – senior official
Former head of vaccine taskforce says No 10 has not acted on his blueprint to prepare UK for new strains Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris…
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Government imposes new restrictions to fight Omicron as first cases found in UK
Masks made mandatory in shops and on buses and trains. New arrivals must take PCR tests Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson has expressed “absolute…
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Amid riots, France to consider some autonomy for Guadeloupe
LE GOSIER, Guadeloupe — France’s government is offering to discuss some autonomy for the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, which has been wracked by virus-related rioting and strikes that reflect…