Is the UK heading for another lockdown? Don’t bet on it
Although the UK’s rising Covid-19 case rate points to a difficult winter, internal Tory party politics means that another lockdown…
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The UK has the second-highest Covid-19 case rate in the world
Romania is the only major country with a higher coronavirus case rate than the UK.
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How badly did Boris Johnson’s government handle the Covid-19 pandemic?
The UK government’s failure to contain coronavirus in the early days of the pandemic was “one of the most important…
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How bad is the winter flu and will it cause a winter lockdown?
The NHS is urging people to get vaccinated as new data suggests that 15,000-60,000 people could die from seasonal flu…
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We’re still missing the point on the Covid vaccine and pregnancy
The fact unvaccinated pregnant women make up almost a sixth of the most critically ill Covid patients in hospitals suggests…
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UK Covid-19 cases remain the highest of any major European country
Only a handful of European countries, such as Romania and Serbia, are currently reporting higher Covid case rates than the…
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UK Covid tracker: the latest data by local authority
The New Statesman is tracking the latest Covid-19 data on cases and vaccinations
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The new alliance between anti-vaxxers and the far right is a deadly threat
The claim that vaccines are being used to commit genocide is an echo of the white supremacist “Great Replacement Theory”.
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