Official figures show 1.5% of all English pupils missed school one day last week; Covid has killed more than 675,000 Americans
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- US to lift travel ban for vaccinated passengers from UK and most of EU
- Boris Johnson refuses to rule out UK Christmas Covid disruption
‘Sweet reasoning’ needed over mandatory vaccination says British PM
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been telling US media that ‘sweet reasoning’ and ‘persuasion’ were behind the high take up of the Covid vaccination in the UK.
The British Medical Association has written to the Health Secretary urging him to step in and tackle “the wave of growing abuse” against GPs.
Last Friday four members of staff suffered injuries at the Florence House Medical Practice in Openshaw, Manchester, on Friday afternoon.
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