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Covid-19: The story of a pandemic

10 March 2021

A timeline of the coronavirus pandemic, from the first cases in China in December 2019 to 300 million vaccine doses delivered (and counting)

How much of a threat is the Brazil variant of coronavirus to the UK?

1 March 2021

The P.1 variant from Brazil that has been detected in six people in the UK can partly evade existing antibodies, but vaccines should still protect against severe disease

Covid-19 news archive: February 2021

26 February 2021

This is an archive of the Â鶹´«Ã½Â daily covid-19 news update with updates in February 2021. See updates from January 2021, November/December 2020, and March to November 2020.

Two coronavirus variants have merged – here's what you need to know

17 February 2021

A single genome sequence has shown that the UK and California variants of the coronavirus have combined into a heavily mutated hybrid. Here’s what you need to know about this recombinant variant of the coronavirus

Exclusive: Two variants have merged into heavily mutated coronavirus

16 February 2021

The UK and California variants of coronavirus appear to have combined into a heavily mutated hybrid, sparking concern that we may be entering a new phase of the covid-19 pandemic

New coronavirus variants

16 February 2021

South Africa rethinks plans after variant evades AstraZeneca vaccine

8 February 2021

South Africa has paused its roll-out of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine because it might not be effective against the South African B.1.351 coronavirus variant – but it is still likely to limit the severity of covid-19

UK coronavirus variant gets nastier as South African variant spreads

2 February 2021

The faster-spreading UK coronavirus variant has acquired a mutation that will help it evade immune protection – the same mutation already found in the South African variant

Covid-19 news archive: January 2021

29 January 2021

This is an archive of the Â鶹´«Ã½ daily covid-19 news update with updates in January 2021. See updates from November/December 2020, and updates from March to November 2020.

Global spread of UK coronavirus variant could overwhelm health systems

20 January 2021

The highly infectious B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant from the UK has now been reported in more than 50 countries, placing new urgency on the race to vaccinate the vulnerable