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Sunday, February 7, 2021

Coronavirus live: Hungary approves Sputnik V jab; UK has vaccinated 12m people

Hungary authorises Russian vaccine Sputnik; UK vaccinates 549,078 – bringing total to more than 12m * Oxford/AstraZeneca jab has less protection against South African variant * When will Britain’s Covid lockdown be lifted? Three scenarios * Freedom and fairness: vaccine passport plans cause global unease * ‘Another wave is possible’: Paris braces for UK variant * Mexico’s vaccine program sees disastrous launch 6.13pm GMT GREECE reported 733 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, taking the country’s cumulative total to 163,946. The country’s health authorities also announced there had been 21 more deaths, bringing the death toll to 5,972. 6.00pm GMT NORTHERN IRELAND reported a further 334 positive cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, as well as nine deaths. There are 585 Covid-positive inpatients in hospital, PA wrote, 66 of whom are in intensive care. Continue reading...


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