Pfizer chief says a redesigned Covid vaccine is likely needed and plans for manufacture are in the works; Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador contracts Covid for the second time, reporting only light symptoms
Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon tests positive for Covid
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Nicola Sturgeon has tested positive for Covid-19. The Scottish first minister tweeted she had been experiencing mild symptoms on Friday evening. She will work from home over the next few days and told followers she wo...
Covid cases and hospitalizations rising in US as vaccine rates for children lag
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Rising coronavirus infections and hospitalizations across the US are spurring fears of an uncertain summer amid new calls for children to be vaccinated. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has now ...
We obeyed Covid rules as our dad died. I’m angry the PM has dodged a Partygate reckoning
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Hearing the news that Boris Johnson appears to have to got away with “Partygate” quite simply made me angry. The number of fines that he personally receives – which people now think will only be the one – doesn’t matt...
NSW government underspent on PPE and mental health, audit of $7.5bn Covid spending finds
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The New South Wales government underspent on personal protective equipment and mental health services and forked out close to $200m on faulty imported masks and ventilators as part of the state’s $7.5bn pandemic expen...
North Korea’s Covid caseload passes 2 million amid global concern about regime’s pandemic plan
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Experts have questioned North Korea’s claim that it is achieving “good results” in its battle against a Covid-19 outbreak, as the number of people with symptoms of the virus surpassed 2 million. The regime reported 26...
At least 25m people in UK to be offered Covid booster this autumn
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Millions of people in the UK will be offered further Covid booster shots in the autumn under draft guidance published by the government’s vaccine watchdog. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation said anot...
Australian federal election 2022 live: Labor releases policy costings; at least 52 Covid deaths recorded
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North Korea promotes traditional medicines in bid to fight Covid outbreak
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North Korea is ramping up production of drugs and medical supplies including sterilisers and thermometers as well as encouraging the use of traditional Korean medicines said to reduce fever and pain as it battles an u...