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Coronavirus live news: Biden warns 600k deaths before US turns corner; Indonesia hospitals close to collapse
Biden warns deaths will pass 600,000 before US turns corner; Moderna says jab works against new variants; WHO warns rich-poor vaccine divide is growing Biden warns deaths will pass 600,000 before US turns cornerNew Zealand borders to stay closed until citizens are ‘vaccinated and protected’Covid patients turned away as hospitals in Indonesia face collapseSee all our coronavirus coverage 8.23am GMT Europe should have its “fair share” of vaccines, Germany’s health minister has said as he backed European Union proposals to limit exports of vaccines - a move which has been met with concern in the UK. According to Reuters, Jens Spahn told Germany’s ZDF broadcaster: “I can understand that there are production problems but then it must affect everyone in the same way.” 8.16am GMT Richard Partington, the Guardian’s economics correspondent, has now written on the UK unemployment figures published by the Office for National Statistics this morning. Unemployment in the UK has reached the highest level for more than four years as the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic and tougher lockdown measures place more pressure on businesses and workers.The Office for National Statistics said the unemployment rate rose to 5% in the three months to the end of November – representing more than 1.7 million people – from 4.9% in the three months to the end of October, reaching the highest level since April 2016. Unemployment was 4% in February before the pandemic struck. Related: UK unemployment reaches four-year high in Covid-19 lockdown Continue reading...
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