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[ad_1] The UK will cut greenhouse gas emissions faster and faster than any other major economy in the next decade, under a new carbon target set by the prime minister. There will be a 68% reduction in annual carbon emissions by 2030, compared to 1990 levels, a significant increase from …

[ad_1] The British will be the first people in the world to receive a coronavirus vaccine, but what exactly is the Pfizer jab, who will get it, and is it safe? Here we answer the big questions: What we know Who will get it first and why? The Joint Committee …

[ad_1] A day after 2,804 Americans died in a single day from the coronavirus pandemic, almost as many as in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Donald Trump said nothing about the harrowing national crisis. The silence of the President of the United States broke with the tradition of …

[ad_1] 1.45 a. M. GMT 01:45 Molly blackall Experts in the UK have called for an end to the use of rapid tests for coronavirus in universities and residences, after government figures from the mass testing program in Liverpool revealed that tests failed in 30% of people with a high …

[ad_1] America’s top infectious disease scientist Anthony Fauci has apologized for hinting that he thought Britain’s drug regulator was quick to approve the coronavirus vaccine. His comments came a day after Britain became the first country to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for general use, prompting some skepticism among European …

[ad_1] At least 1.5 million lives around the world have been lost to Covid-19, according to a case count kept by Johns Hopkins University, as it appears that vaccines will be rolled out in a handful of countries this month. Reuters reported that the figures reflected one death reported every …

[ad_1] NHS staff will no longer receive the coronavirus vaccine first after a drastic rethink about who should be prioritized, emerged last night. The new immunization strategy is likely to disappoint and worry thousands of front-line staff, coming amid urgent warnings from NHS chiefs that hospitals could be “overwhelmed” in …

[ad_1] More details have emerged on who will be the first to receive the Pfizer / BioNTech coronavirus vaccine when the UK rollout begins next week, with the first doses now arriving from Belgium. The long-awaited jab arrived in Britain on Thursday after passing through the Eurotunnel in trucks. It …

[ad_1] The United States recorded its highest daily death toll from coronavirus on Wednesday, as the number of people admitted to hospital with Covid surpassed 100,000 for the first time since the pandemic began. According to the Johns Hopkins University tracker, there were 2,804 new deaths on Wednesday, nearly the …

[ad_1] The latest round of talks on a post-Brexit trade deal “did not go well”, Sky News understands, with a UK source suggesting that hopes of a deal are now “on the wane. According to Sky’s deputy political director, Sam Coates, the sticking point was the so-called “level playing field.” …