A sign on the door of a local business in McKinney, Texas, on Feb. 16. Photographer: Cooper Neill/Bloomberg Photographer: Cooper Neill/Bloomberg It’s not easy putting a number on what is undoubtedly the largest forced blackout in U.S. history. If you take the Texas power grid operator’s word for it, the …
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We begin 2021 knowing that vaccines are our way out of this pandemic. Human ingenuity and phenomenal scientific advances make it a case of when, not if, we will return back to normal life. The cavalry is here courtesy of our vaccination programme and we have already protected more people …
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Good afternoon and welcome to today’s Downing Street coronavirus briefing. I’m joined today by Professor Jonathan Van Tam, Deputy Chief Medical Office and Dr Susan Hopkins, the Chief Medical Advisor to NHS Test and Trace. Before we talk about testing and vaccines, I’d like to update you on the latest …
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