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UK’s second go at a contact tracing app heads for pilot stud...

After ditching its home-grown attempt at a coronavirus contact-tracing app for smartphones, the UK is ready to start pilot trials of a second version based on a platform develo

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Coronavirus pharma news roundup – 14/08/20

Catch up on the latest coronavirus vaccine and digital tech news in our roundup of this week’s biggest stories.

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Around 3.4m people infected with coronavirus in England - st...

Just under 6% of England’s population – around 3.4 million people – had been infected with coronavirus by the end of June according to an estimate based on antibody tests.

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Anger at US deal for Moderna’s ‘taxpayer-funded’ COVID-19 va...

The US government has signed another big coronavirus vaccine supply deal, snapping up 100 million doses of Moderna’s mRNA jab for a little over $1.5 billion –around $15 per dos

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Scepticism as Russia claims coronavirus vaccine breakthrough...

Russia has become the first country in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine, amid scepticism from international experts who have been unable to review or verify clinical data from the

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