COVID-19 Updates
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Pregnant women urged to get Covid jab as data from England shows it is safe
Analysis finds vaccinated women no more likely than unvaccinated to suffer stillbirth or premature births Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Health leaders are urging thousands of…
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Covid-19: ‘selfish mask’ guest in quarantine hotel cross infection is Hong Kong’s first case of new coronavirus variant
A Covid-19 patient whose “selfish” valve-style face mask was blamed for a cross infection in a quarantine hotel last week has been found to be carrying a new variant of…
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EU moves to place Covid booster jabs at heart of travel rules
Commission says unrestricted travel between states should apply to those who get booster nine months after jabs Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage People hoping to travel…
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Coronavirus: EU proposes 9-month limit on vaccine validity for travel
The European Union is recommending a nine-month time limit for the validity of Covid-19 vaccinations for travel into and within the bloc and also is proposing to prioritise vaccinated travellers.The…
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What is driving Europe’s surge in Covid cases? – video explainer
The continent is now the centre of the global coronavirus pandemic – again. As countries from the Baltic to the Med brace for harsher winter measures, the Guardian’s Jon Henley…
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Labour calls for inquiry into Tory peer Michelle Mone over PPE contract
Mone repeatedly denied any association with firm it has since emerged she recommended to government Labour is calling for an investigation into the conduct and honesty of the Conservative peer…
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No apparent disruption from Biden’s federal vaccine mandate, says White House
One day after the deadline for compliance, 92% of workers covered by the mandate reported they were at least partially vaccinated The Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for millions of federal…
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Wuhan long Covid study gives rare insight into pandemic’s lingering effects in China
Nearly one-third of patients who suffered only mild Covid-19 still had symptoms like shortness of breath, fatigue and joint pain a year after infection, a study in Wuhan has found.Although…
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Covid-19 shows why we need a globally binding agreement on pandemic response
Almost two years in, and the Covid-19 inferno still burns. Several countries are witnessing a fifth wave of high transmission. Others are recording their highest daily case numbers since the…
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Hong Kong has met ‘basic requirements’ for reopening border with mainland China but more remains to be done
Hong Kong has met the basic requirements to reopen the border with mainland China but must tighten Covid-19 control efforts in critical areas such as launching a new health code…