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All AstraZeneca vaccination clinics due to take place today have been cancelled

The Acting Chief Medical Officer says limiting the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine to over 60s "will likely have an impact" on the country's vaccine programme.

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Those who can work from home should continue to do so. 

That's according to the Tánaiste who says employers should facilitate all staff in working from home where possible under the current restrictions.
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Scientists have confirmed the UK variant of Covid-19 is no more deadly or severe than the original strain.

Two separate studies suggest patients weren't at any higher risk of developing 'long Covid' or worse symptoms either.

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A state of emergency has been declared in the US city of Minneapolis, after violent protests in response to the shooting of a black man.

It happened not far from where George Floyd was killed last May.

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