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UK Covid spike serves as a warning to others. What went wrong?

Part of the answer seems to be the reopening in July, but that’s still too simplistic

19 October 2021 - 19:37 By Therese Raphael

Once again Britain has one of the highest rates of Covid infection anywhere. The UK just reported its biggest single-day Covid case increase in three months and a 16% increase in confirmed cases in the week to October 18. The government has warned of a bad winter...

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