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Covid: Home working likely to be best way to curb virus - scientists22 Oct 2021 17:17Tougher measures to stop the spread of coronavirus could be avoided with early action, advisers say.
Delta 'Plus' Covid variant may be more transmissible22 Oct 2021 14:51It may be more contagious than Delta, but there is no evidence yet that it causes worse illness, experts say.
Covid: Brits increasingly lax on masks and social mixing22 Oct 2021 11:57Fewer adults are practising social distancing than think it is important, figures for Great Britain show.
NHS 111 'failed' Horsham teen who died following delays22 Oct 2021 08:39There is a "real risk" that people "are being misled over the capability" of 111, a coroner warns.
Woodbridge quadruplets follow mother into NHS careers22 Oct 2021 21:54Three daughters are now qualified nurses like their mother, and one is a physiotherapist.
Covid: UK cases top 50,000 for first time in three months21 Oct 2021 18:27Boris Johnson is urging those eligible for a third dose to organise appointments straight away.

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