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Top doctors want 12-week Pfizer vaccine gap halved23 Jan 2021 03:12They say delaying second doses in order to give more people their first is "difficult to justify".
Coronavirus: UK variant 'may be more deadly'22 Jan 2021 20:00Evidence suggests the coronavirus variant that emerged in the UK may be more deadly as well as spread faster.
Covid-19: Nurses call for better masks to protect all staff23 Jan 2021 01:04Inadequate PPE and a new variant may be putting the lives of nurses at risk, says nursing union.
'Record number' of Covid intensive care patients transferred22 Jan 2021 14:26Around one in 10 patients admitted to intensive care is now being sent to a different hospital.
Coronavirus: UK R number 'between 0.8 and 1'22 Jan 2021 18:51The UK's chief medical adviser warns that "a very small change and it could start taking off again".
Covid in Scotland: More than 400 care homes investigated over deaths22 Jan 2021 15:20A special unit set up by the Crown Office is looking into Covid deaths involving 474 care homes across Scotland.

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