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More than 40 Countries Could Be Removed from ‘Red List’ This Week
Up to 45 countries could be removed from the travel 'Red List' this week, leaving just nine subjected to the toughest rules, as the Government says travel should not be "unnecessarily restricted".
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Vaccine Effectiveness Hits as Low as Minus-66% in the Over-40s, New PHE Data Shows
The latest PHE vaccine report shows vaccine effectiveness continues to decline in the over-40s as infection rates in the vaccinated now exceed those in the unvaccinated by up to 66%.
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436 Randomly Generated ‘Peer Reviewed’ Papers Published by Springer Nature
A peer-reviewed scientific journal has published 436 papers that appear to be complete gibberish. What's the explanation?
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News Round-Up
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus — and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
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Sajid Javid Tells Care Home Workers to “Get Jabbed or Get Another Job”
Sajid Javid says he is not willing to delay the imposition of mandatory vaccination rules for care home workers and that those who refuse to get 'jabbed' should “get out and get another job”.
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Covid Vaccine Uptake Has “Stalled” at 55% In 16-18 Year-Olds
The latest Government figures suggest that the Covid vaccine uptake in 16-18 year-olds has stalled at around 55% – far lower than ministers had hoped.
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Five Members of England Football Squad Refuse Jab
Five English football players who have been selected for the England squad recently are refusing to have a coronavirus vaccine, threatening their places in the World Cup squad in Qatar.
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Scottish Businesses to Boycott Vaccine Passport Scheme
It's not been the most successful of starts for the Scottish Government's vaccine passport scheme which has suffered from technical glitches and is set to be ignored by businesses over the weekend.
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News Round-Up
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus — and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
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Deaths Among Teenagers Up 56% Since Vaccine Roll-Out Began
There were 90 more deaths among 15-19 year-olds in summer 2021 than in summer 2020, but only 9 Covid deaths. Have the vaccines killed nine times as many teenagers as Covid this summer, or is there another explanation?
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