COVID-19 Updates
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Gareth Southgate: some unvaccinated players swayed by ‘conspiracy theories’
Southgate says players ‘vulnerable’ to social media posts Qualifier in Andorra to go ahead despite fire at stadium Gareth Southgate has said some footballers are not vaccinated against Covid-19 because…
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Twenty photographs of the week
Haitian migrants try to reach the US, the Taliban in Kabul, the Cumbre Vieja volcano in La Palma and Paris fashion week – the most striking images from around the…
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1 in 14 pupils at English secondary schools have Covid, ONS data shows
Steep increase suggests spread through schools is outpacing vaccination programme Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage One in 14 secondary school-age children had Covid last week, according…
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Shot in the arts: Australia Council pushes for safe reopening as NSW leaves Covid lockdown
Ad campaign urges Australians to get vaccinated before returning to galleries, museums and theatres The Australia Council for the Arts has launched a nationwide advertising campaign on Saturday, urging Australians…
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Clive Palmer asked for name and logo of his foundation on 33m doses of donated hydroxychloroquine
Early in pandemic ex MP intended drugs as Covid treatment but they were never used outside clinical trials Follow our Covid live blog for the latest updates Vaccine rollout and…
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Sharri Markson’s book on Covid’s Wuhan lab leak theory raises more questions than it answers
Details are deficient, scientific analysis contentious and expert voices missing in Markson’s thesis about ‘what really happened’ in China, which establishes a crime scene around the Wuhan Institute of Virology…
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Aboriginal health groups fighting ‘pockets of vaccine hesitancy’ in remote areas of NT as uptake plateaus
Doctors fear a Covid outbreak could be devastating for vulnerable communities where overcrowding poses a challenge for self-isolation Follow our Covid live blog for the latest updates Vaccine rollout and…
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Revealed: anti-vaccine TikTok videos being viewed by children as young as nine
Covid misinformation remains on site for months adding to concern over impact of social media on young people Lies and conspiracy theories about Covid-19, which have amassed millions of views…
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Covid trial participants in England to get Pfizer jabs to end travel ‘limbo’
Participants in trials of unapproved vaccines such as Novavax have had ability to travel abroad restricted Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Thousands of Britons who took…
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Covid bereaved voice anguish at ‘ignored’ UK virus planning report
Families lament government’s failure to stock up on PPE and set up contact tracing as advised in 2016 exercise Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Families bereaved…