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Added on the 09/04/2016 15:35:31 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media
A link between the Zika virus and neurological disorders deepens as scientists discover microcephaly and Guillain-Barre syndrome may be the most obvious diseases caused by the virus.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives to give evidence at Britain's Covid-19 inquiry. During the pandemic he was Britain's Finance Minister, and has faced criticism for his implementation of a scheme called 'Eat Out To Help Out'. Designed to revive demand for restaurants after they were closed in Covid lockdowns, the scheme has been criticised for potentially helping spread the disease, with senior scientists saying they weren't consulted. IMAGES
The WHO mission to China to uncover the origins of the coronavirus has failed to identify the animal source, but said there was no indication the sickness was in circulation in Wuhan before December 2019 when the first official cases were recorded. WHO foreign expert Ben Embarek, who was based in the WHO's Beijing office for two years from 2009, backs up the Chinese side's assertion saying there was no evidence of "large outbreaks in Wuhan" before then. SOUNDBITE
The head of the EU's medicines regulator says there is no evidence that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine wouldn't protect against a new strain of the coronavirus found mainly in Britain. SOUNDBITE
After being shut down more than two months due to the coronavirus pandemic, Ukraine is restarting its rail links, having already reopened the metro, shopping centres, parks and other businesses. IMAGES of the departure of an inter-regional train
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