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Demonstrators protest outside Downing Street against the delay in easing of lockdown restrictions
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SIR – What is the Latin for “snatching defeat from the jaws of victory”? Somehow we need to get through to the Prime Minister that extending lockdown is a catastrophic decision.
More than half of voters may be happy with another month of restrictions, but that is because more than half are not significantly affected.
Pubs, restaurants and shops have all been able to operate to some degree, but other industries have been closed since March 2020. The major live-events sector, for example, is still almost entirely shut down, and lives are being ruined and lost daily. There are no generous automatic grants and no business rates holidays for them.
Covid Updates: Africa Faces Third Wave as Vaccine Rollout Sputters
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The U.S. detailed plans to send 25 million doses of the vaccine abroad. And the death toll in long-term care facilities has dropped sharply, from a peak of 5,000 a week to fewer than 300.
Here’s what you need to know:
South African retirees waiting to receive doses of Covid vaccine at a clinic near Johannesburg, South Africa, last week.Credit.Themba Hadebe/Associated Press
A sudden, sharp rise in coronavirus cases in many parts of Africa could amount to a continental third wave, the World Health Organization warned on Thursday, a portent of deeper trouble for a continent whose immunization drives have been crippled by shortfalls in funding and vaccine doses.
Earlier this week, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson pointed out that the government will have no hesitation in moving countries off the so-called green list if.