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English care homes ‘sitting ducks’ as GPs refuse Covid vaccine at infected sites | Coronavirus | The Guardian
Covid outbreaks are slowing delivery of the vaccine to some care homes in England as GPs postpone jabs in infected facilities. Managers say they have been left as sitting ducks….
Continue readingExclusive: Canada deporting thousands even as pandemic rages
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada deported thousands of people even as COVID-19 raged last year, data seen by Reuters shows, and lawyers say deportations are ramping up, putting people needlessly at…
Continue readingSir Billy Connolly, 78, gets his first coronavirus vaccine | Daily Mail Online
Comedy legend Sir Billy Connolly has received his Covid-19 vaccine jab as he continues to battle Parkinson’s disease. Wife Pamela Stephenson, 71, shared a photo of the comic genius –…
Continue readingTraffic data shows more people staying home to combat COVID-19 in Toronto: City officials – Toronto | Globalnews.ca
The City of Toronto has released more traffic data on Friday which shows more people have been staying home in order to combat the coronavirus. The data was originally presented…
Continue reading‘Despicable in a pandemic’: fury as 10 UK universities plan job cuts | Higher education | The Guardian
At least 10 universities in the UK have announced plans for staff job cuts to save money, in moves branded as “insensitive” and “despicable” by academics struggling to support students…
Continue readingFed-Up Executives Plot a Faster Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout – WSJ
“It’s the last mile,” Honeywell Chief Executive Darius Adamczyk said of the problems that have plagued the vaccine rollout. Mr. Adamczyk is part of the North Carolina trio, along with…
Continue readingThe latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 – CityNews Toronto
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. There are 731,450 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 731,450 confirmed…
Continue readingFrance coronavirus: British ‘gap-year students’ are quarantined at ski resort | Daily Mail Online
A group of 26 British skiers is in isolation in a French resort after 16 tested positive for Covid. Villagers in the tiny commune of Vallorcine, in the Chamonix Valley,…
Continue readingVolunteers get second shot of homegrown Covid-19 vaccine | The Star
Twenty volunteers received the second shot of a homegrown Covid-19 vaccine at the Military Medical University in Hanoi. Seventeen of them were given a 25mcg dose of Nanocovax, Vietnam’s first…
Continue readingA look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 – CityNews Toronto
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 42,622 new vaccinations administered for a…
Continue readingFears of UK double-dip recession rise as activity slumps in Covid-19 lockdown | Economics | The Guardian
Fears that the UK economy is facing a double-dip recession have intensified after a poor Christmas for retailers was followed by a slump in activity in January as tougher lockdown…
Continue readingSpared the worst of Covid-19, Pakistan’s poor abandon SOPs
Pakistan has reported just over half a million Covid-19 cases so far, and 11,157 deaths – far fewer than the kind of numbers the authorities had feared as the pandemic…
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