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Covid Vaccine Developed in UK
London, Dec 27 (AFP/APP): The Covid-19 vaccine developed by the British drugs group AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford has achieved a “winning formula” for efficacy, the company’s chief executive said on Sunday. The vaccine, which is currently being evaluated by Britain’s independent medicines regulator, provides “100 percent protection” against severe Covid disease requiring hospitalization,…
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France and Britain reopened cross-Channel travel
Dec 23 (AFP/APP): France and Britain reopened cross-Channel travel on Wednesday after a 48-hour ban to curb the spread of a new coronavirus variant but thousands of truckers faced being stranded for days near the port of Dover. The major transit hub reopened following an agreement between London and Paris to allow hauliers stuck in…
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Travel Ban on UK Citizens Began Easing
London, Dec 23 (AFP/APP): Europe on Wednesday began easing travel bans on Britain put in place to contain a new strain of Covid-19 that UK officials believe spreads faster as WHO experts met to discuss a response to the variant. The discovery of the new strain set off alarm bells worldwide just as more countries…
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Boris Johnson on Brexit and Corona Situation
Brussels, Dec 22 (AFP/APP): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen discussed Brexit and the coronavirus crisis in a phone call on Monday evening, an EU source said. The previously undisclosed conversation came as London and Brussels try to thrash out a last-gasp post-Brexit trade deal and scramble to…