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The Second Wave: new treatments, Covid deniers, and frontline fatigue
Our health and social care editor Victoria Macdonald tells us about her experiences over the past year, and looks ahead to an uncertain future. 


Marcus Rashford racially abused on social media
The Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford says he was subjected to "humanity and social media at its worst" after being targeted by racist abuse over the weekend. 


UK government say most vulnerable must be vaccinated before sending doses to other countries
The government says it wants to make sure the most vulnerable people in the UK have been vaccinated before it helps other countries with their vaccine shortage.


‘Had we made decisions at a different time , different consequences may have occurred’ – Wales’s Chief Medical Officer Dr Frank Atherton
We spoke to Wales's Chief Medical Officer Dr Frank Atherton


Wales’s Chief Medical Officer’s annual report exposes inequalities in Welsh communities
Wales has seen very high levels of infection throughout the pandemic, but the rate of transmission of the virus or the R number is now believed to be below one.


Boris Johnson says he’s ‘in awe’ of pandemic parents in open letter
The Prime Minister has written an open letter praising parents.


‘The government has overpromised on dates and under delivered’ – Lancet editor Richard Horton
We spoke to Richard Horton, the editor of medical journal the Lancet. In his latest book, called The Covid 19 Catastrophe, he argues that the UK has lacked a clear and bold strategy to fight the pandemic. We asked him how much blame he laid at the go...


Covid vaccine plant in Wrexham evacuated after suspicious package found
Police and bomb disposal teams have been at a Covid vaccine processing plant in North Wales investigating a suspicious package. The company insists its production schedule was not affected.


EU and AstraZeneca in Covid vaccines row
This is what the latest government figures covering the last 24 hours show. A further 1,725 people have sadly died, bringing the official UK total to 101,887. There have been more than 25,000 new cases. More than 311,000 people received their first d...


England’s schools will not reopen until March 8 at earliest
England’s lockdown will continue at least until March 8. Boris Johnson said today that schools will not reopen before then – the earliest moment that the most vulnerable could all be protected by the vaccine. Other lockdown restrictions m...


Ask Jonathan Van-Tam: An in-depth Q&A with England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Time now for our special Q&A with the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England, Jonathan Van-Tam. Yesterday, as the official number dying within 28 days of a Covid test passed 100,000, we asked you to send in your questions. Earlier this afternoo...


100,000 deaths: reflecting on those we have lost
100,000 lives lost: a figure that seemed inconceivable a year ago.


Violent protests as Indian farmers press Modi government’s on agricultural reforms
In a showdown of tractors versus tanks, thousands of farmers have taken to the streets of Delhi in protest over India's new agriculture reforms. 


Covid pushes unemployment up to 5%
The number of people out of work across the UK has continued to rise. The impact of the Covid crisis on the jobs market has pushed unemployment up to 5%, with more than 800,000 workers dropping off company payrolls since the pandemic began. But even ...


CCTV footage of hours leading up to man’s death shown in public for first time
CCTV footage of the hours leading up to death of a man in police custody has been shown in public for the first time in seven years.



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