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Covid-19 variants to be given Greek alphabet names

May 31, 2021

Boris Johnson has pledged UK support for a new ‘global pandemic radar’ (Phil Noble/PA)

Johnson backs global pandemic ‘radar’ to track new disease outbreaks

May 20, 2021

The World Health Organisation said the boundaries between home and work life had become even more blurred during the pandemic (PA)

Rise in deaths linked to long working hours – study

May 17, 2021

Protesters gathered outside AstraZeneca’s HQ in Cambridge (Luciana Guerra/PA)

Protesters call for AstraZeneca to share Covid vaccine technology

May 11, 2021

Protests will take place outside AstraZeneca’s UK headquarters (Yui Mok/PA)

Protesters call for AstraZeneca to share Covid-19 vaccine techonology

May 11, 2021

Doctors caring for Covid-19 patients in Chad carry medical equipment (Sunday Alamba/AP)

Vaccine deserts as some countries have no Covid-19 jabs at all

May 9, 2021

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World Health Organisation approves emergency use of China’s Sinopharm vaccine

May 7, 2021

The WHO said just 0.3% of all vaccines administered so far were given to people in low-income countries (PA)

Poorer nations have administered just 0.3% of coronavirus jabs, says WHO chief

April 29, 2021

Family members of a Covid-19 victim perform the last rites at a crematorium in Jammu on Monday as the pandemic continued to worsen in India (Channi Anand/AP)

India records 320,000 new cases as foreign help arrives

April 27, 2021

A relative of a person who died with Covid-19 is consoled by another during cremation in Jammu, India (Channi Anand/AP)

India’s Covid crisis ‘beyond heartbreaking’, says World Health Organisation

April 27, 2021

Campaigners have said committing to bolder clean air laws would be a ‘game-changer’ (Johnny Green/PA)

Bolder clean air laws would be ‘game-changer’ in protecting health – campaigners

April 21, 2021