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Latest evidence on the relationship between ethnicity and covid-19
The risk of dying with covid fell significantly for black Caribbean and black African people between the first and second waves. But for Pakistani people, the chances of death rose.
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Why can’t we unlock now if most vulnerable are vaccinated?
On current plans, it will be 21 June at the earliest before we return to something close to pre-pandemic life.
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How can we tell the vaccines are working?
Hospitalisation and death rates have been falling faster among the oldest. This didn’t happen after the first wave of the pandemic.
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What do we know about the safety of reopening schools?
Children themselves remain at very low risk of serious disease and death.
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Minister claims UK has ‘highest vaccine acceptance’ in world
We don’t know yet.
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Has Brexit put a dent in UK exports to Europe?
New figures released by the government suggest the flow of goods being exported from Britain to Europe may have fallen in January, but it appears to have bounced back.
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Hancock suggests ‘no evidence’ UK variant is more severe
There are important questions still unanswered.
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Test and Trace chief claims variant couldn’t have been predicted
There was evidence of mutations in spring 2020.
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FactCheck: Keir Starmer did want to stay in the European Medicines Agency, but it wouldn’t have affected the vaccine rollout
“Keir accepts that, on this occasion, the Prime Minister was referring to old comments about the European Medicines Agency and Keir admits he was wrong and made a mistake in his response.”
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Minister’s claims about symptom-free spread and testing
Helen Whately claimed we ‘didn’t know’ in March and April that people without symptoms could be infectious.
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How effective is the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for over-65s?
The UK and European regulators agree the jab is safe and expected to protect all adults.
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Would England tiers system have worked without UK variant?
Ministers have faced questions this week about why they didn’t lockdown earlier at key points in the pandemic.
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Can we trust reports that Oxford-AstraZeneca jab is only 8% effective in elderly?
There are good reasons to think the claims are incorrect.
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What does the UK variant mean for the death rate?
There’s a lot we still don’t know.
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Johnson claims Starmer ‘would have joined’ EU vaccine scheme
Was that ever the Labour leader’s position?