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Two months ago, few had been inoculated. Now hundreds of millions have, after health warnings – and giftsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageEarly in March, when the Covid vaccination rate in the UK had reached 30% of the popula…
‘Very dangerous’ coronavirus variant is ‘more transmissible’ than previously known typesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAuthorities in Vietnam have detected a new coronavirus variant that is a combination of the Covid varian…
Instead of sequencing or data collection, the government is offering patriotic bluster in the face of this deadly second waveThe variant that threatens the British summer has already done far more damage in India. In October last year a sample from the…
Authorities impose mask-wearing and limit gatherings after outbreak spreads to half of island’s counties Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe whole of Taiwan will move into level 3 of its four-tier coronavirus alert system, a…
Pressure builds on Indian government to announce national lockdown; third of UK adults now fully vaccinated against Covid-19; Laos records first Covid deathSee all our coronavirus coverage 11.44pm BST We are now closing this blog. You can stay up to da…
New variants are contributing factor behind country’s vicious second wave with likelihood of more variants emergingCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHealth experts have warned that a Covid-19 third wave is “inevitable” in Indi…
Nasal swabs allegedly washed, repackaged and sold to passengers required to take test at Medan airportCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageStaff at an Indonesian pharmaceutical company have been accused of washing and repackaging…
Our South Asia correspondent reflects on a catastrophe that is now affecting the lives of almost everyone in the countryYou recently lost a close colleague, Kakoli Bhattacharya, to Covid-19. Can you tell us about her and the important work that she did…
Analysis: Experts believe a number of things coalesced to cause the world’s worst coronavirus outbreakCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIndia is now identifying more than 1 million coronavirus cases every three days, with many…
India has been added to the UK’s ‘red list’ for travel, with fears over a new variant influencing the decisionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIndia has been put on the UK’s “red list” for travel as it battles a devastating r…
Head of country’s disease control centre says vaccines ‘don’t have very high protection rates’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina’s top disease control official has admitted that the efficacy of the country’s domestically …
Researchers at the University of the Philippines Los Baños aim to catch thousands of bats to develop a Japanese-funded simulation model over the next three years that they believe could help avert potential pandemics. They hope the bats will help in pr…
‘We just need to be cautious,’ warns British prime minister; 1,200 homeless and vulnerable people to be given jabs in RomePakistan, Bangladesh, Kenya and Philippines on England travel ‘red list’Further rare blood clot cases found in Oxford/AstraZeneca …
Serum Institute of India, world’s biggest vaccine producer, asked by Delhi to keep more doses in countryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn office worker in India’s Maharashtra state develops flu-like symptoms – and upsets th…
Health secretary says timetable will not change, but government expert warns infections may rise because of delay vaccinating the under-50s Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMatt Hancock has said there will be a significant di…