Covid UK: Boris bows to Omicron as restrictions return
New Covid restrictions to fight Omicron variant At a Downing Street press conference this evening, the Prime Minister announced a
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Covid-19 UK: Two cases of super-mutant Omicron variant are detected in Britain
Two cases of the super-mutant Omicron Covid variant have been detected in the UK, the Health Secretary has announced. Sajid Javid wrote
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Uncovering Covid origins will be ‘biologically impossible’ in months as China refuses to share data
The window of opportunity to uncover the true origins of Covid is closing and could soon be ‘biologically impossible’, a
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Coronavirus live news: Peru death toll more than doubles after review, WHO renames variants | World news
8.45am BST 08:45 The pressure to get England’s Covid restrictions dropped on 21 June is coming from several quarters, not
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Europe’s vaccine roll-out is ‘unacceptably slow and prolonging the pandemic’, WHO warns
Europe’s vaccine roll-out has been condemned for being ‘unacceptably slow’ and blamed for ‘prolonging the pandemic’ by the World Health
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Covid-19: The 12 months that were surely our longest year
On December 21, 2019, a cluster of patients in China were diagnosed with ‘pneumonia of an unknown cause’. Three weeks
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Why IS Covid in retreat around the world? Global cases fell by 16% last week
The coronavirus pandemic appears to be firmly in retreat around the world, with every corner of the globe seeing infections
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Boris Johnson calls on China to provide ‘all the evidence’ on Covid-19 origins
Boris Johnson today urged China to provide ‘all the evidence’ on the origins of Covid-19 amid fears over interference in
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Secret bat cages at Wuhan lab where researchers planned to breed animals for virus experiments
The Chinese laboratory at the centre of suspicion over the origins of the coronavirus pandemic was awarded a patent for cages
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WHO recommends Oxford AstraZeneca Covid vaccine for over-65s
The World Health Organization has officially recommended the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine for people over the age of 65 and said it
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