Figure brings the total UK death toll to 135,147; Russia reports 20,329 new cases in 24 hours; anti-lockdown protesters clash with police in MelbourneProve your Covid status if you want to party, UK students toldPeople with chronic conditions most at r…
Ministers told to bar EU from UK trial data in vaccines row
England’s deputy medical chief asked for data to be withheld unless British vaccine guinea pigs allowed to travel abroad• Coronavirus – latest updates• See all our coronavirus coverageEngland’s deputy chief medical officer asked ministers to withhold a…
Will she run for president? Duterte’s daughter keeps the Philippines guessing
Sara Duterte ahead in the polls despite refusing to commit to presidential raceIt was a decade ago, before her father had become Philippine president, that Sara Duterte attracted national attention. A local sheriff had ignored orders issued by her, the…
Nike and Amazon among brands advertising on Covid conspiracy sites
Household names may have unwittingly helped spread fake news, investigation revealsDozens of the world’s biggest brands, including Nike, Amazon, Ted Baker and Asos, have been advertising on websites that spread Covid-19 misinformation and conspiracy th…
Ed Miliband: honour promises on jabs to poor countries to save Cop26 deal
Labour’s shadow business secretary says the government must ‘rebuild trust’ after a series of missteps on way to climate summitBoris Johnson should set out plans to provide Covid-19 vaccinations to all developing countries to achieve a global climate d…
Doctors treating unvaccinated Covid patients are succumbing to compassion fatigue
Exhausted healthcare workers admit they feel demoralized as the fourth surge spreads across the USLast February, Dr Bryce Meck, 30, would lock herself in the bathroom to cry for five minutes when her patients, whom she had watched over for weeks in the…
Half-term holiday bookings jump 200% after England travel rules change
Thomas Cook says it expects a busy weekend for bookings as people take advantage of simplified travel rulesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHalf-term holiday bookings have jumped by 200% compared with August since the governm…
Melbourne and Sydney anti-lockdown protests: violent clashes as police arrest demonstrators
Police deploy pepper spray and dodge projectiles as protests held in Melbourne, Sydney, Byron Bay and BrisbaneFollow the Australia coronavirus blogNSW cases exceed 50,000 since pandemic beganCovid vaccine rollout and rates tracker; Cases, trends and da…
Could gene editing chickens prevent future pandemics?
Rearing virus-resistant birds could benefit humans too, say scientists, and Covid may have made us more open to the controversial technologyDiseases such as avian flu trigger the culling of millions of birds each year. But that need not be the case for…
Private hospitals profit from NHS waiting lists as people without insurance pay out
As NHS waiting lists reach record levels, more and more patients are paying for ops out of their own pocketsBritons without health insurance on why they paid to go privateWhen Fabien needed to have a decayed tooth removed in May, his dentist told him t…