Up to 100 children hospitalised every week due to rare post-Covid disease
In a phenomenon that is worrying to parents and paediatricians, up to 100 children are hospitalised every week due to paediatric inflammatory multi-system syndrome (PIMS), a disease that occurs after having been infected with Covid-19. 75% of them are black, Asian or ethnic minority (BAME).
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Government racing to secure hotel quarantine rooms
The government has announced that from 15 February UK residents travelling from “red list” countries will have to self-isolate for 10 days in government provided accommodation.
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Coronavirus Live Updates: All over 50s in the UK to be vaccinated by May
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Scottish Government is considering lockdown of Western Isles
Western Isles could go into level four lockdown following a hospital outbreak.
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The EU is in a dispute with vaccine provider AstraZeneca over delays in shipping
What's different about the Novavax vaccine?
The UK has already ordered 60 million vials of the Novavax vaccine, and they will also be manufactured at a site in Stockton-on-Tees.
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Coronavirus Live Updates: Government welcome two new vaccines
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Joe Biden takes office as 46th president of the United States.
COVID-19: Tributes paid after police officer dies
Tributes have been paid to a “lovely and devoted” Metropolitan Police officer who has died after contracting coronavirus.
Coronavirus Live Updates From The UK
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