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![]() Coronavirus live news: Brazil variant detected in UK; Jordan ministers sacked for breaches World news | The Guardian 28 Fév 2021 19:50 Three cases of Brazil variant detected in England and three in Scotland; Jordanian ministers sacked breaking Covid laws; First dose of vaccine in UK passes 20mMexico expected to ask Joe Biden to consider sharing vaccineNearly 20m receive first dose of Covid vaccine in the UKFDA approves Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus vaccineConcerns grow as UK Covid testing labs scaled back before even openingHouse approves $1.9tn Covid aid bill despite minimum wage setbackSee all our coronavirus coverage 6.47pm GMT South Africa’s coronavirus alert level has been downgraded from three to one following a fall in infections, president Cyril Ramaphosa has announced,... Read more... |
![]() Pfizer vaccine may be less effective in people with obesity, says study World news | The Guardian 28 Fév 2021 19:18 Healthcare workers with obesity found to produce only about half the antibodies healthy people do Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine may be less effective in people with obesity, data suggests. Italian researchers have discovered that healthcare workers with obesity produced only about half the amount of antibodies in response to a second dose of the jab compared with healthy people. Although it is too soon to know what this means for the efficacy of the vaccine, it might imply that people with obesity need an additional booster dose to ensure they are adequately protected against... Read more... |
![]() Two adults and child warned after camping on Yorkshire cliff edge World news | The Guardian 28 Fév 2021 19:18 Rescue teams and police attend site known for landslips after tent spotted on coastlineA couple and a child have been visited by emergency services after pitching a tent on a cliff edge in a stretch of the North York Moors known for landslips.Police officers were alerted as the family’s trip breached Covid-19 regulations, the coastguard said on Saturday, but it is unclear whether they were fined. Continue reading... Read more... |
![]() Shamima Begum court decision brings shame on UK | Letters World news | The Guardian 28 Fév 2021 18:26 Readers respond to the supreme court decision that Begum will not have her citizenship restoredEvery day it seems the Guardian serves up another reason for being ashamed to be British. On Friday, it was the case of Shamima Begum (Shamima Begum loses fight to restore UK citizenship after supreme court ruling, 26 February). It makes it particularly difficult that I’m tutoring someone who is hoping to take an A-level in British politics. All the books list human rights and explain how carefully protected they are in our system. Article 5 is supposed to protect the right to liberty and freedom... Read more... |
![]() CPAC: Trump to make first post-White House speech at rightwing summit World news | The Guardian 28 Fév 2021 18:18 Conference seeks to shore up Trump’s position as Republican standard bearer even after he lost the presidency and CongressDonald Trump returns to the political stage on Sunday determined to show that he is still a major force in America and ready to purge his critics within the Republican party. Continue reading... Read more... |
![]() ‘We have to win’: Myanmar protesters persevere as forces ramp up violence World news | The Guardian 28 Fév 2021 18:17 Violent scenes play out across country as police crack down against peaceful protestersYe Swan Htet, 23, had joined a sit-down protest on a bridge in west Yangon when he saw police approaching. Officers were carrying guns, he remembered, but he didn’t expect them to actually shoot. The protest was peaceful; crowds were singing and clapping.Then, gun fire rang out all around him. Bricks burst open and a branch snapped from a tree. “There was a guy who got hit in his thigh by a rubber bullet, so I carried him to an ambulance,” he said. Continue reading... Read more... |
![]() Republican predicts Trump won’t be party’s presidential nominee in 2024 World news | The Guardian 28 Fév 2021 17:32 Senator Bill Cassidy points to seats lost in House and Senate during Trump presidency and says ‘if we idolize one person, we will lose’Bill Cassidy, the Louisiana Republican senator, predicted on Sunday morning that Donald Trump will not be the party’s nominee for president in 2024, pointing to the number of seats lost by Republicans in the House and Senate over the four years Trump was in office.Cassidy was asked on CNN’s State of the Union show whether he would support Trump if the former president runs for another term in 2024, or if he would support him if he... Read more... |
![]() Chinese investment in Australia plunged by 61% last year, new data shows World news | The Guardian 28 Fév 2021 17:30 Researcher Shiro Armstrong says decline most likely due to Australia’s changed foreign investment settings amid CovidChinese investment in Australia has collapsed, falling 61% in 2020, according to new data from researchers at the Australian National University.The university’s Chinese Investment in Australia database recorded just more than $1bn of investment in Australia in 2020, down from $2.6bn in 2019 and well short of the peak of $16.5bn in 2016. The drop follows a 47% decrease in 2019. Continue reading... Read more... |
![]() Green pass: how are Covid vaccine passports working for Israel? World news | The Guardian 28 Fév 2021 17:17 As hotels and gyms reopen in Israel, governments elsewhere are considering a similar certificate scheme – raising ethical concernsFour key questions on a Covid certification scheme in EnglandCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs the UK and other governments consider whether to give Covid-vaccinated people certificates that allow entry to bars, hotels, and swimming pools, one country, Israel, has already deployed its “green pass”.The state of 9 million, which has administered jabs to half its population, released an app a week ago that shows whether people have been fully inoculated against the coronavirus or if they have presumed immunity... Read more... |