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India launches effort to inoculate all adults against COVID

NEW DELHI — In hopes of taming a monstrous spike in COVID-19 infections, India opened vaccinations to all adults Saturday, launching a huge inoculation effort that was sure to tax the limits of the federal government, the country’s vaccine factories and the patience of its 1.4 billion people. The world’s largest maker of vaccines was… Read More »

ADVERTORIAL: ‘I turned to Manchester United’ – dad’s trick to get kids on board with regular Covid tests

The government’s roadmap out of lockdown is going to plan, and the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccines are proving a success, but that doesn’t meant we are out of the woods yet. Around one in three people who have Covid-19 have no symptoms and could be spreading it without knowing, so it is still vital… Read More »

Covid: 82% of positive rapid tests ‘were correct’

Of those, 3,034 – or 18% – came back negative, suggesting the individual concerned and their household had been self-isolating for no reason. Under the current rules, a negative re-test would mean their quarantine period would be considered over immediately. BBC News – Health

Covid: UK vaccine rollout ‘breaking link’ between infections and death

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Experts tracking coronavirus say vaccinations are starting to break the link between Covid cases and deaths. BBC News – Health