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Major at the us open. Israel is to become the first country in the world to impose a Second National lockdown. The tough new restrictions take effect on jewish tough new restrictions take effect onjewish new tough new restrictions take effect on jewish new year tough new restrictions take effect onjewish new year on friday and will last at least three weeks. The country has seen a rise in infections with 4000 new cases a day. Here is oui 4000 new cases a day. Here is our reporter, paul hawkins. ...

More than 400,000 people in England had their Covid risk over-estimated by the NHS because of an over-cautious algorithm. The QCovid algorithm, used to help identify who should be shielding or getting early access to vaccines, automatically put people into higher risk categories when data was missing, health news site Pulse reported.  If their weight wasnt recorded they were assumed to be obese and if their ethnicity was missing they were filed under black – both of which would assume someon...

Last modified on Tue 9 Mar 2021 23.37 EST Scientists are questioning the reliability of algorithms used to trawl through patients’ health records and flag those who should be asked to shield and prioritised for vaccination. GPs have reported being contacted by young, healthy patients confused as to why they have been told they are at high risk, or have been invited for a Covid-19 jab. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has defined nine priority groups for vaccination, ...