Delta Covid cases likely to put strain on health services in areas with low vaccination rates, dicono gli esperti; Australia suffers its worst daily total
Covid booster jabs could be brought forward as UK daily cases hit 52,000
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Millions of people could have their booster jab brought forward as ministers consider cutting the six-month gap between doses as part of a scramble to shore up the faltering vaccine programme and avoid imposing Covid ...
PM resists calls to activate plan B as daily Covid cases top 50,000
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Daily Covid-19 cases have risen above 50,000 in the UK for the first time since July, as the prime minister resists calls for the government to activate its backup plan. Official figures on Thursday put the number of ...
‘We’re sticking with our plan’: Boris Johnson on rising Covid-19 cases – video
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The prime minister says in an interview in Northern Ireland that there is no need to change the government approach to Covid, as the rising case numbers are 'within the parameters of what the predictions were'. Calls ...
Realists of a larger reality wanted: Ursula K Le Guin prize for fiction to launch in 2022
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Winning the National Book Foundation medal for distinguished contribution to American letters in 2014, the late Ursula K Le Guin spoke of how how “hard times are coming, when we’ll be wanting the voices of writers who...
New Zealand Covid daily cases pass 100 for first time since pandemic began
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New Zealand’s daily Covid-19 case numbers have gone into three figures for the first time since the pandemic began, as it recorded 102 new cases in the community on Thursday. Thursday’s cases broke Tuesday’s record of...
Coronavirus cases could hit 100,000 a day this winter, says Javid – video
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Ministers will do 'what it takes' to ensure the NHS is not overwhelmed this winter, Sajid Javid has promised, as he said the number of new Covid infections across the UK could hit a record 100,000 a day. The health se...
Coronavirus news live: minister rules out England lockdown as NHS chief says ‘overwhelming evidence’ action needed
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Kwasi Kwarteng says talk of restrictions ‘unhelpful’ as NHS boss says health service faces ‘perfect storm’
UK records highest Covid deaths since March
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The UK has reported its highest number of Covid deaths for seven months, con 223 deaths recorded within 28 days of a positive test for the virus. The daily death rate, which has not been as high since 9 marzo, brough...