Covid-19

Boris Johnson claims the shutdown has been more effective at reducing Covid-19 than vaccinations

A round-up of the headlines from the UK front pages

Major mix-and-match study expanded to include Moderna and Novavax

Positive data prompts calls for Covid restrictions to be eased sooner than planned

Region declares ‘personal lockdown’ as patients in ICU hits new high

NHS told to target high-risk demographics in next phase of jab rollout

Department of Health launches ‘largest surge testing operation to date’ in Wandsworth and Lambeth

Drinkers brave icy weather to celebrate amid hope that vaccine success means ‘no going back’ to Covid restrictions

Rollout of the Moderna vaccine begins in England

Senior official raises fear over effectiveness of vaccines in wide use across Asia and Africa

Confusing guidelines and plummeting temperatures threaten to keep customers away despite lockdown easing

Cost of PCR tests will mean foreign travel is preserve of the wealthy, warn MPs

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New research suggest coronavirus pandemic may result in wave of neurological and psychiatric disorders

More criticism piled on government’s proposal for Covid status certificates

Easy-to-produce jab hailed as potential pandemic ‘game-changer’

Lockdown measures reimposed as coronavirus cases hit record high despite world-leading inoculation campaign

Psychologists have had a unique opportunity to study the effects of social isolation

Survey suggests our intentions are good - but being scuppered by limited financial and social support

Don’t set a date for your end-of-Covid party just yet

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World leaders make joint plea for global cooperation to tackle next major health crisis

The communist nation aims to be ‘pharmacist’ to other US enemies after developing multiple Covid jabs

Figures suggest that quicker vaccine rollouts are pay to play

Hopes of herd immunity extinguished as wave of new strain sweeps across the country

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EU’s Covid jabs crisis claims first major political scalp

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New study finds that seven in ten patients hospitalised with the condition still affected five months later

Wealth no indication of success in the battle against coronavirus

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Boris Johnson is facing criticism from his own MPs, who say the lockdown is not being eased quickly enough amid the successful vaccine campaign

Independent monitors says the pharma giant may have used ‘out-of-date information’