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Claims an entire hospital wing of patients dies in Manaus after oxygen supply ran out;Sweden ’s death toll goes past 10,000Greece presses case for vaccine passports but other EU states waryCovid vaccines and immunity: does past infection help?China records first Covid death since May as WHO team arrives in WuhanUp to 1m Hindus gather in India as festival goes ahead amid Covid fearsSee all our coronavirus coverage8.51pmGMTSeriously ill Covid patients are being transferred from overstretched UK capital London hospitals to intensive care units almost 300 miles away in Newcastle, the Guardian can reveal.The crisis engulfing the capital ’s hospitals is so severe that in recent days patients have also been moved 67 miles toNorthampton, 125 miles toBirmingham and 167 miles toSheffield.Related:Struggling London hospitals sending Covid patients to Newcastle7.56pmGMTThe number of people who have received a Covid-19 vaccine in Israel has passed the two million threshold, with the prime minister saying there was “light at the end of the tunnel”.Israel “will become the first country to emerge from the corona crisis,” prime ministerBenjamin Netanyahu said.Continue reading...
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