New coronavirus variant ‘Mu’ under close scrutiny by WHO
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe World Health Organization has said it is monitoring a new coronavirus variant known as “Mu”, which was first identified in Colombia…
Statins in a jab: 'Life-saving' twice-yearly injections can replace daily tablets for thousands of patients after approval by watchdog
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHundreds of thousands of people will receive cholesterol-lowering jabs from their GP twice a year as an alternative to statins, it was…
Oxygen supplies grow precarious amid COVID surge
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe COVID-19 surge is stretching oxygen supplies and sending hospitals scrambling for more ventilators, even as there are signs of hope that…
COVID variants: we spoke to the experts designing a single vaccine to defeat them all
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, has turned the world upside down. Experts have predicted that it will claim the lives of between…
'Most mutated Covid variant so far' may already be EXTINCT
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA new Covid variant which has been branded the ‘most mutated so far’ may already be extinct, it was claimed today. Read…
COVID-19: Nigeria records 56 more deaths as infections surge
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has recorded more deaths from COVID-19 complications as infections continue to surge in…
Is it time to stop obsessing over Covid figures? Statistics reveal virus is NOT the biggest killer - with heart disease, dementia and cancer each claiming four times as many lives in an average week last month
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThey’re the figures that have ruled our lives for the past 18 months; decided our freedoms; deepened our fears. Read More
Up to 600,000 Britons feared to have missed second AstraZeneca dose
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHundreds of thousands of Britons who received the AstraZeneca vaccine are feared to have missed or even rejected their second dose in…
Italy drops quarantine rules for fully vaccinated Britons
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteItaly will drop its requirement for fully vaccinated Britons to quarantine from next week. Read More
How can I prove my vaccination status? Where to get an NHS Covid vaccine pass to show you’re double jabbed
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe NHS Covid pass allows people to display their vaccination status, permitting them to travel abroad or enter certain venues. Read More