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No plans for mandatory COVID-19 testing of arrivals from China, UK government says
There are no plans to introduce mandatory COVID-19 tests for arrivals from China, a UK government spokesperson has said. The…
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Twitter quietly drops policy preventing sharing of COVID-19 misinformation
Twitter has quietly dropped its policy preventing the sharing of false or misleading information about COVID-19. Under the policy, tweets…
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COVID-19: Australia to withdraw or refund tens of thousands of fines
Australia’s largest state has said it will withdraw or refund tens of thousands of fines issued during the COVID pandemic…
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COVID-19: New report predicts how many daily cases there will be by February
Global coronavirus cases are projected to rise slowly in the coming months to about 18.7 million per day by February.…
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COVID-19: New Omicron mutation could evade vaccine antibodies, research suggests
A mutation of an Omicron subvariant of COVID could dodge the immune systems of the vaccinated and unvaccinated and drive…
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COVID-19: President Joe Biden says America is through the worst, insisting ‘the pandemic is over’
Joe Biden has said the “pandemic is over”, despite hundreds of Americans dying with the virus every day. Speaking to…
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Most people with Omicron didn’t even realise they had COVID-19, study finds
Most people who were infected with the Omicron variant didn’t even realise they had COVID-19, according to a new study…
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US first lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19
US First Lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, the White House has said. The 71-year-old had initially tested…
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COVID-19: New wave of Omicron mutations spreading across Europe, EU Medicines Agency warns
A new wave of Covid-19 is sweeping across Europe driven by Omicron mutations, an EU Medicines Agency official has warned.…
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