Latest coronavirus news

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  Sky News

  COVID-19: Young people who have had coronavirus will get £5,000 for being deliberately re-exposed to the virus

  Young people who have previously had COVID-19 are going to be deliberately exposed to the virus for a second time - in a new study that aims to see how their immune systems react. The University of Oxford's "human challenge" trial also hopes to discover what dose of coronavirus is needed to cause a reinfection, and what this may mean for developing protective immunity against the disease. People aged 18 to 30 who have previously been naturally infected with COVID will be recruited and re-exposed to the virus in a safe, controlled environment.
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  The Independent

  Joe Biden says all adults are eligible for Covid-19 vaccine ‘starting tomorrow’

  ‘For months I’ve been telling Americans to get vaccinated when it’s your turn. Well, it’s your turn now’
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  The Independent

  Barack Obama urges viewers to get Covid-19 vaccine on Roll Up Your Sleeves special: ‘The sooner we get more people vaccinated, the better off we’re going to be’

  ‘As the vaccine becomes more available, I want to make sure that our communities, particularly ones, African-American, Latino, as well as young people understand that this will save lives and allow people to get their lives back to normal’
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  Sky News

  COVID-19: Half of all adults in the US have received at least one coronavirus jab

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also said almost 84 million adults, or about 32.5% of the population, have had two vaccine doses. The US cleared the 50% mark just a day after the reported global death toll from the coronavirus topped three million, according to the Johns Hopkins University, though the actual number is believed to be significantly higher. The country's vaccination rate, at 61.6 doses administered per 100 people, currently falls behind Israel, which leads among countries with at least five million people with a rate of 119.2.
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  Evening Standard

  UK coronavirus live: Just eight countries “set to feature on travel green list”

  Just eight countries are set to feature on the government’s “green list” when restrictions on non-essential travel are lifted next month, new modelling suggests. The government is expected to introduce a traffic light system when the universal ban on foreign holidays is lifted on May 17. Israel, Iceland, the US, Australia, New Zealand, the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, Malta and Iceland are likely to among the nations and territories on the safe list.
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  The Independent

  Coronavirus news - live: Johnson urged to cancel India trip over variant fears as UK nears 10m second jabs

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  The Independent

  Don’t underestimate evolutionary capabilities of ‘clever’ coronavirus, scientists warn

  ‘It’d be a brave person to say that the virus is nearing the end of its evolutionary route and can’t go any further,’ says top virologist
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  The Independent

  Blossoms to headline non-socially distanced concert as part of government’s Covid-19 event pilot scheme

  5,000 tickets will be sold for the Liverpool event
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  Sky News

  COVID-19: Almost 10 million Britons have had both coronavirus vaccine doses

  More than 9.9 million people in the UK have now received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, while nearly 33 million have had their first dose. According to government figures released on Sunday, 9,930,846 people have received both doses and 32,849,223 have had their first one. Between 12 April and 18 April, 17,887 people had a confirmed positive test result - a decrease of -2.8% compared with the previous seven days.
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  Yahoo Finance UK

  Coronavirus: UK gyms have lost £3.1bn to the pandemic

  According to a study by Pharma Nord another £46.6m will have been lost by the 1,164,000 people who it would have expected to join in January 2021.