COVID-19 Updates
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NHS aims to deliver over 1m daily Covid and flu jabs in race against time
Health service to start administering boosters and jabs for children amid growing fears of winter crisis Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The NHS is preparing to…
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Covid-19: China tops 1 billion full vaccination target but Delta challenges herd immunity
More than 1.01 billion people have been fully inoculated with Covid-19 vaccines in China, but the highly transmissible Delta variant is still challenging the country’s target to build herd immunity.More…
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Which countries are enforcing mandatory Covid jabs – and how?
Joe Biden has introduced a vaccine mandate affecting millions, but some countries have gone further Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Following the decision by the US…
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‘It’s only a matter of time’: bat-human virus spillovers may be very common, study finds
Covid-19 has been called a “once in a century” pandemic, but new research suggests that the kind of event thought to have sparked its outbreak – the spillover of a…
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France suspends 3,000 unvaccinated health workers without pay
Staff at hospitals and care homes had refused Covid jab despite warning by Macron of September deadline Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage France has suspended 3,000…
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Coronavirus: Japan overtakes US on first vaccinations; Australia trials face recognition tech to enforce quarantine
Japan has given first doses of Covid-19 vaccine to 63.6 per cent of its population, surpassing the US by proportion of people who have had at least one shot –…
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Coronavirus outbreak in Fujian poses fresh threat to China’s troubled travel market
A rapidly expanding outbreak of the Delta variant in China’s southeastern province of Fujian is posing a new threat to recovery of the local tourism industry, with fresh lockdowns set…
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Russia’s Putin says ‘several dozen’ in his circle have coronavirus
President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that dozens of people in his inner circle at the Kremlin had tested positive for coronavirus, which has affected over seven million people in the…
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Coronavirus: Indonesia in talks with WHO as it aims to become vaccine manufacturing hub
Indonesia is in talks with the World Health Organization (WHO) as well as six drug companies to become a global hub for manufacturing vaccines, it revealed on Thursday.Health Minister Budi…
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UK aid cuts make it vital to address anti-black bias in funding | Kennedy Odede
Covid-19 has shown the effectiveness of local partners. If the sector is to respond and rebuild, it must redistribute power The UK’s cut to its aid budget comes to about…