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12.17am GMT
A new case of community transmission has been confirmed in Sydney, Australia, breaking a 12-day streak of no community cases.
The case is a 45-year-old man who felt ill on Saturday and was tested yesterday.
11.59pm GMT
Health officials in Sweden, which opted not to respond to the first wave of Covid-19 with a national lockdown, misjudged the power of the virus’s resurgence, the country’s prime minister has said, as independent commission criticised the country’s strategy.
“I think that most people in the profession didn’t see such a wave in front of them; they talked about different clusters,” the prime minister, Stefan Löfven, told the Swedish Aftonbladet newspaper on Tuesday.
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Continue reading…One in four people globally may not get vaccines until 2022; EU likely to approve vaccine within days; Canada signs deal to accelerate Moderna vaccine deliveriesUK medical journals call for tighter Christmas rulesHow Covid changed science foreverSouth Korea: how early Covid competence gave way to second waveVaccines roll out of Pfizer plant in US but Trump not taking it yet 12.17am GMTA new case of community transmission has been confirmed in Sydney, Australia, breaking a 12-day streak of no community cases. The case is a 45-year-old man who felt ill on Saturday and was tested yesterday. 11.59pm GMTHealth officials in Sweden, which opted not to respond to the first wave of Covid-19 with a national lockdown, misjudged the power of the virus’s resurgence, the country’s prime minister has said, as independent commission criticised the country’s strategy.“I think that most people in the profession didn’t see such a wave in front of them; they talked about different clusters,” the prime minister, Stefan Löfven, told the Swedish Aftonbladet newspaper on Tuesday. Related: Swedish PM says officials misjudged power of Covid resurgence Continue reading…