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New Covid variant BA.2.86: does the UK booster programme go far enough?

A “faster-than-planned” rollout of Covid booster vaccines is underway in England amid controversy over denying the shots to healthy adults under 65.

The Week

Covid vaccine programme brought forward as new coronavirus variant causes concern

The Covid-19 and flu vaccination programme is starting earlier than planned after a new variant of coronavirus was detected in the UK

The Independent UK

Covid and flu vaccines roll out early after new variant detected in UK

The Covid-19 and flu vaccination programme is starting earlier than planned after a new variant of coronavirus was detected in the UK

Evening Standard

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Covid and flu vaccines start to roll out across England

The Covid-19 and flu vaccination programme is starting earlier than planned after a new variant of coronavirus was detected in the UK.

The Independent UK

Poor countries face vaccine inequity

Vaccination is a global strategy, yet many low-income countries can't access then, perpetuating the pandemic

Salon

Covid jabs ‘should be available for all’ – expert

The variant of the virus which causes Covid-19 is ‘highly infectious’, Devi Sridhar said.

The Independent UK

Updated COVID shots are coming. They're part of a trio of vaccines to block fall viruses

Updated COVID-19 shots are coming soon, part of a trio of fall vaccines that doctors hope will help avoid another “tripledemic."

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UK MPs press for wider Covid vaccine access amid concern over new variant

Government faces calls to consider extending booster programme this autumn to include 50-64 age group

The Guardian - UK

Fears over how easily new Covid variant spreads after UK care home outbreak

Some 22 residents at a single care home were found to have BA.2.86 variant.

The Independent UK

NHS to begin autumn Covid jabs next week as new variant spreads

Pirola variant has prompted concern among scientists because of high number of mutations it carries

The Guardian - UK

Latest Covid variant spreading in UK, health data suggests

BA.2.86, nicknamed Pirola, causing concern among scientists because of fear it could be more transmissible

The Guardian - UK

Kentuckians are dealing with respiratory illnesses year round

An uptick in coronavirus cases is being seen in many counties across the Commonwealth. A health official in southeast Kentucky says COVID is not the only disease drawing attention.

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Care home outbreak suggests Covid variant has impact in close-contact settings

Some 22 residents at a single care home were found to have BA.2.86 variant.

The Independent UK

New Covid BA.2.86 variant with many mutations spreads into community hospitalising five people

28 out of 34 detected cases of BA.2.86 in England are in a care home outbreak

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Why aren’t we all being offered an autumn Covid booster? We can’t let cost prevent us keeping Britain healthy

The UK’s limited vaccine offer ignores the serious threat of long Covid – and the knock-on effects on the economy, says immunologist Sheena Cruickshank

The Independent UK

Updated Covid vaccines are nearly ready as alarm grows over new variant’s rapid spread

The new shot will be rolled out in the third or fourth week of September, according to Reuters

Fortune

CEOs are gambling that pandemics are over with their remote work policies

Labor Day marks a mass (order to) return to the office. But what about Bill Gates' prediction that another pandemic is just around the corner?

The Independent UK

Jill Biden has Covid and is experiencing ‘mild symptoms’. Here’s what her treatment may look like

President Biden has so far tested negative for the virus, the White House says

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The Independent UK

Fears over new ‘Pirola’ Covid variant as scientists warns UK has ‘let our guard down’

Jury still out on whether UK is set to face ‘a major wave’, amid hopes expedited booster will be effective against new variant ‘Pirola’

Evening Standard

What to do if you have Covid 2023: Should you test and isolate if you have symptoms?

New Covid-19 variant Pirola was identified in the UK in August

Evening Standard

BA.2.86: New Covid variant ‘not causing big rise in hospitalisations in London’ but boosters brought forward

Capital seeing a ‘modest increase’ in cases but ‘nothing like the level’ seen in the past

The Week

Covid testing to be ramped up for winter

The UK’s public health body will increase Covid testing and surveillance to ease pressure on the NHS this winter, amid fears of a surge in infections.

The Guardian - UK

Covid: what’s the situation in England, and what should I do if I get it?

As students return from their summer break and a new variant emerges, we look at the rules and advice

The Guardian - UK

Covid testing to be scaled up in England as winter pressure on NHS draws near

A new variant and waning immunity mean surveillance that had been wound down since pandemic will be increased

The Guardian - UK

As a new variant emerges, is Covid coming back to the UK?

Vaccines, available only to high-risk groups, have been brought forward as cases begin to rise and the British winter looms

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