Coronavirus live: more than 100,000 English schoolchildren off with Covid; Norway and Portugal to give booster jabs to over-65s

Figures show less than 90% of pupils are currently at school in England;Norway andPortugal to join other European nations in giving extra dosesIMF cuts global growth forecast as pandemic ‘hobbles’ growthNew Zealand ends Covid elimination strategy in favour of suppressionEngland: sustained fall in hospitalisations for first time out of lockdownUS: dramatic drop in Covid cases and hospitalisations over past weeksSee all our coronavirus coverageSenegal has had only a handful of new daily Covid infections so far this week, with only two cases yesterday – the lowest number since the pandemic reached the country.“Two cases were recorded today, the lowest ever recorded,” said the health ministry spokesperson Ngone Ngom. “They were in the past seven, 10 cases, but from the top of my head I think this is the lowest.”Continue reading...
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