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New ONS data shows that majority of population are still at risk of infection

Recovering from the virus provides some protection - but scientists warn against shunning social distancing

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Doctors leading the way see deliveries diverted to allow other regions to catch up

Covid patients occupying 30,000 beds as government scrambles to stem rate of infections

Tocilizumab found to cut risk of death for most critically ill coronavirus patients by almost a quarter

Capital could have a shortfall of more than 5,000 intensive care beds in a fortnight

Damming report calls for urgent improvements to £22bn system that failed to avert second lockdown

Patients will be given NHS inoculation card after receiving jab

New study finds that one in five patients infected with the virus go on to suffer from mental disorder

Conviction that virus would ‘die out’ left UK on back foot for rolling out mass testing and contract tracing systems

Survey finds that almost half of total 74% who are willing to get the jab want politicians to act as guinea pigs

Data inflated forecasts for fatalities if UK did not enter a second lockdown

Programme hailed as ‘first glimpse’ of an exit strategy from lockdown

Rate of admissions rapidly increasing in regions not under strictest lockdown restrictions

Pandemic modelling says fatalities could remain at peak for three months

Experts say UK’s £12bn system is having ‘marginal impact’ infections rates - but are other countries faring any better?

Contact tracing team slashed from 12,000 to 10,000

NHS chief says more people in hospital than when government ordered lockdown

Five vaccination sites to be set up in major cities as part of mass inoculation roll-out

Health experts criticise NHS app as glitch blamed for backlog

80 Tory rebels to back amendment giving parliament final say on Covid-19 restrictions

Otilimab given to Manchester man as UK clinical trial kicks off

Ministers mulling curb on indoor meetings as capital placed on coronavirus watchlist

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Friday 25 September

Should doctors monitor mothers’s alcohol intake? Are electric cars an investment bubble? And should spies have a ‘licence to kill’?

Campaign group calls for inquiry after accusing helpline of giving inadequate medical advice

Experts urge Brits to get influenza jab to avoid ‘serious outcomes’

Leading expert calls for end to ‘alarmism’ as death rates fall despite spikes in infections

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Tuesday 15 September

Ministers reportedly planning to restrict ‘frivolous’ checks

New study also says BAME adults twice as likely to become infected than white counterparts

Health secretary says steep hike is ‘concerning’ - but quirk in the testing system could be to blame

Think tank finds that ministers’ refusal to take responsibility for decisions resulted in UK going into lockdown too late