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Surge testing is under way in areas of the North West of England where cases involving the Indian variant of coronavirus are on the increase. The “variant of concern” has been detected in Bolton, Greater Manchester, as well as in Blackburn, Lancashire, and Sefton in Merseyside, which have all seen rates rise rapidly. Blackburn with Darwen Council initially said on Thursday that it would be offering vaccines to all over-18s from next week following the increase in cases, but later said that, although additional vaccine clinics are being set up, the jab will only be offered to those e...

Covid eight times more likely to cause rare brain clot than AstraZeneca vaccine, study finds Samuel Lovett Replay Video UP NEXT The risk of developing a rare brain clot from Covid-19 is about eight times greater than from the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Oxford, who are not linked to the vaccine, also found that people infected with coronavirus are “manyfold times” more likely than normal to develop the rare clotting disorder, known as cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT), where blood clots in the veins that run from t...

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Hospitals in Tier 4 cancel operations and prepare to send Covid patients elsewhere Professor Joe Harrison said his hospital was now drawing up plans to send critical Covid patients to Oxford in light of a rise in admissions Hospitals in Tier 4 are cancelling planned operations and preparing to send Covid patients requiring intensive care elsewhere. Professor Joe Harrison, chief executive of Milton Keynes University NHS Foundation Trust, said his hospital was now drawing up plans to send critical Covid patients to Oxford, as he anticipated a further rise in admissions over the next two weeks. ...

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