Coronavirus live news: Pfizer and AstraZeneca jab offer protection against India Covid variant, PHE finds

Latest updates: Pfizer vaccine88% effective against symptomatic disease from the India variant after second dose, AstraZeneca jab 60% effectivePfizer and AstraZeneca ‘highly effective’ against India Covid variantMinisters ‘failed to act on Bedford Covid variant surge for two weeks’CDC studying reports of heart inflammation in young vaccine recipientsNo 10 ‘tried to block’ data on spread of new variant in English schoolsSee all our coronavirus coverage9.39amBSTConfusion is reigning after airlines swiftly increased the number of planes travelling to “amber list” holiday destinations from theUK, before the prime minister contradicted ministers over whether trips to such places were permitted. They are not, in fact, allowed,Boris Johnson said.But if we always believed what the PM said, well, we would be rather foolish. The ins and outs of the guidance are quite nuanced.Related:Yes but no but yes: flight bookings soar despite baffling travel rules9.34amBSTA coronavirus outbreak onMount Everesthas infected at least 100 climbers and support staff, a mountaineering guide said, giving the first comprehensive estimate amid officialNepalese denials that the disease has spread to the world ’s highest peak.Lukas Furtenbach ofAustria, who last week halted his Everest expedition due to virus fears, said one of his foreign guides and six Nepali Sherpa guides had tested positive.I think with all the confirmed cases we know now confirmed from (rescue) pilots, from insurance, ...
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