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Covid: Vaccinated people may spread virus, says Van-Tam24 Jan 2021 12:13England's deputy chief medical officer urges those who have had the jab to stick to lockdown rules.
Covid: Number of patients on ventilators passes 4,000 for first time23 Jan 2021 20:57Pressures on intensive care units are seeing one in 10 patients transferred to a different site.
Covid: Gap between Pfizer vaccine doses should be halved, say doctors23 Jan 2021 20:50Delaying second Pfizer doses to give more people their first is "difficult to justify", says BMA.
Coronavirus: UK variant 'may be more deadly'22 Jan 2021 20:00Evidence suggests the variant that emerged in the UK may be more deadly as well as faster-spreading.
Covid-19: Nurses call for better masks to protect all staff23 Jan 2021 01:04Inadequate PPE and a new variant may be putting the lives of nurses at risk, says nursing union.
'Record number' of Covid intensive care patients transferred22 Jan 2021 14:26Around one in 10 patients admitted to intensive care is now being sent to a different hospital.

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