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US reopens borders to vaccinated after 20 months – BBC News
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVm-xjEYhIY The US has reopened its borders to double-jabbed foreign visitors, ending a 20-month entry ban. The ban was imposed by former President Donald Trump due to Covid-19. It has…
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Antiviral Covid pill 89% effective, Pfizer says – BBC News
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoshgUGnLiA An experimental pill to treat Covid developed by the US company Pfizer cuts the risk of hospitalisation or death by 89% in vulnerable adults, clinical trial results suggest. The…
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High-risk Covid gene more common in South Asians – BBC News
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o-iaSIJyN0 University of Oxford scientists have uncovered a gene that doubles the risk of lung failure and death from Covid. Around 60% of people from South Asian backgrounds and 15%…
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First pill to treat Covid gets approval in UK – BBC News
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTE5pmg32Pg The first pill designed to treat symptomatic Covid has been approved by the UK medicines regulator. The tablet – molnupiravir – will be given twice a day to vulnerable…
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US mothers divided on vaccines for young children – BBC News
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE3pW1RlizU Everyone in the Simon family contracted Covid-19, but their nine-year-old daughter Makenna went to hospital. She developed pneumonia and anaemia after getting the virus. While Makenna's parents say an…
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Joyful reunions as Australia’s border reopens – BBC News
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AkatcCcik8 Australia's border has reopened for the first time in 20 months, sparking emotional reunions at Sydney Airport. Only vaccinated Australian citizens are allowed into the country for now. The…
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Moscow enters partial Covid lockdown amid rising numbers – BBC News
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoABbE5jpx4 Shops, restaurants and schools have shut in Moscow in a partial lockdown, only essential shops like supermarkets and pharmacies are allowed to open in the capital, while food outlets…
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Covid cases rising in UK – what happens next? – BBC News
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaeIFVqpMrc In July, UK PM Boris Johnson announced that no legal restrictions would be in place for Covid-19, and people would be trusted to make their own decisions. Now, cases…
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WHO warns pandemic will drag on deep into 2022 – BBC News
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAJl3SvqQYo The Covid pandemic will "go on for a year longer than it needs to" because poorer countries are not getting the vaccines they need, the World Health Organization (WHO)…
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