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A spokesperson for the company said: 'The University of Oxford and labs across the world are carefully assessing the impact of new variants on vaccine effectiveness, and starting the processes needed for rapid development of adjusted Covid-19 vaccines if these should be necessary.' … [Read more...] about Top scientist investigating Covid variants says manufacturers need to start making new jabs NOW to fight mutations because it takes so long to get them rolled out

Adrian Panzariuc, 33, a site manager who commutes into Farringdon on the Tube from Walthamstow said: “If they close sites, that puts me in the furlough scheme, which won’t bring me so much money. … [Read more...] about TfL warns Amazon, Sainsbury’s and builders to stagger start times to stop Tube overcrowding

"We were very into our school work - we liked being clever - but we also really liked to party," she tells us. "So we had a really good social but clever balance. We were good influences on each other." … [Read more...] about I woke up bloodied & bruised in the road after 80mph boy racer horror crash that killed my beautiful best friend

It helped that back in December, while the coronavirus was just starting to spread inside the Chinese city of Wuhan and the World Health Organization was still months away from declaring a global pandemic, the Taiwanese government deployed its equivalent of the US Defense Production Act to produce masks for its citizens. Army personnel went to work in mask-making factories to churn out enough supplies for the entire country. “The idea early on was to get three-quarters of the population into the habit of wearing masks and hand sanitation,” Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s youngest-ever digital minister told WIRED senior correspondent, Adam Rogers. In the same way that vaccines can produce herd immunity, if enough people get the shot, a majority of people in masks can achieve a similar effect. … [Read more...] about Taiwan’s Digital Minister Knows How to Crush Covid-19: Trust

Supermarkets Pharmacies Garden centres Building merchants and suppliers of building products and off-licences Market stalls selling essential retail Businesses providing repair services but only if they primarily offer repair services Petrol stations Automatic (but not manual) car washes Vehicle repair and MOT services Bicycle shops Taxi and vehicle hire businesses Banks and building societies Post offices Short-term loan providers and money transfer businesses Funeral directors Laundrettes and dry cleaners Medical and dental services Vets and pet shops Animal rescue centres, boarding facilities, and animal groomers Agricultural supplies shops Mobility and disability support shops Storage and distribution facilities Car parks Public toilets Motorway service areas Outdoor playgrounds Outdoor parts of botanical gardens and heritage sites for exercise Places of worship Crematoriums and burial grounds Below we take a look at which big high street retailers are open during the lockdown. … [Read more...] about Which shops ARE open today? Full list including B&M, Homebase, Boots, Halfords and Poundland