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What price a child’s life? India’s quest to make rare disease drugs affordable

Parents whose only hope was finding foreign sponsorship or a clinical trial are now looking for homegrown breakthroughsFor three years, Vidya tried to find the cause of her son’s recurrent fevers and low cognitive development. When she found out, she w…

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Freedom and fairness: Covid vaccine passport plans cause global unease

Schemes are in development from Sweden to China, but there are fears around transmission and social unrestCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt is the question being asked with increasing urgency around the world, at least in c…

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Dramatic drop in Covid cases gives India hope of return to normal life

Swimming pools, cinemas and theatres to be allowed to operate at full capacity from 1 FebruaryIndia’s health minister, Harsh Vardhan, has claimed it has “successfully contained the pandemic” and “flattened its Covid-19 graph” as the country of 1.34 bil…

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Indian hesitancy sets back world’s biggest Covid vaccination drive

Low uptake fuelled by fears over safety of vaccine and spread of misinformation Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIndia’s Covid-19 vaccine drive has been hampered by turnout as low as 22% in some states, as fears over the safe…

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Origin story: what do we know now about where coronavirus came from?

When Chinese scientists alerted colleagues to a new virus last December, suspicion fell on a Wuhan market. What have health officials learned since then?Show your support for rigorous, independent Guardian journalismCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all …

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Jair Bolsonaro claims ‘victory’ after suspension of Chinese vaccine trial

Critics say halt in testing of Covid vaccine CoronaVac is politically motivatedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, has sparked outrage by gloating over the suspension of clinical trials o…

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We won’t beat Covid by channelling Churchill | Letters

Boris Johnson’s Churchillian language does not impress Richard Teverson, while Katherine Arnott dismisses the prime minister’s appeal to people’s common sense. Plus letters from Patrick Cosgrove and David Boyd HaycockI, like so many others, am slack-ja…

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Cramped workplaces, parties … the factors fuelling local Covid-19 spikes

What have resurgences around the world taught us about how local clusters emerge?Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt is not always possible to pinpoint the origin of a local spike in cases, particularly in countries like the …

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Coronavirus live news: New Zealand to trace 320 ‘close contacts’ of virus pair as Beijing raises alert level

Beijing grounds hundreds of flights; Brazil suffers record case increase; six US states see record new cases. Follow the latest updatesNew Zealand traces 320 ‘close contacts’ of two new casesNew Zealand brings in military after Covid-19 quarantine fias…

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Coronavirus live news: India evacuates Covid-19 patients ahead of cyclone as Australia ‘in recession’

Yemen aid funding falls short by US$1bn; Zoom profits double; global cases pass 6.3m. Follow the latest updates India evacuates 100,000 from homes, virus hospital ahead of cycloneBrazil deaths pass 30,000 after record daily riseChina withheld data on c…

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