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Summary
Here are the main things that happened today:
- UK ministers have announced plans to scrap an order forcing all NHS staff in England to get vaccinated against Covid
- Turkey has recorded 93,261 new Covid-19 cases in the space of 24 hours, near the highest levels recorded during the pandemic.
- New research suggested that the world would be better protected against new Covid variants and there would be substantially fewer deaths in low- and middle-income countries if rich nations donated half of their vaccine doses
- Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau tested positive for coronavirus, as the protests against coronavirus mandates continued in Ottawa, the capital city.
- A study in Denmark suggested that the BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant is more transmissible than the more common BA.1 and more able to infect vaccinated people
- The UK government will consult on ending mandatory jabs as condition of employment in health and all social care settings, with a view to revoking the regulations.
