Top news of the week: 14.09.2021.
Coronavirus
Biden announces new US vaccine mandates to ‘turn the tide of Covid-19’
President expresses frustration with unvaccinated Americans and says nearly 100m US workers to be subject to vaccine requirements
Coronavirus live news: Biden’s vaccine mandate for 100 million workers; Los Angeles requires students to be vaccinated
All US companies with more than 100 employees to ensure workers are vaccinated or tested weekly; LA mandates vaccines for 630,000 students 12 and older
Biden vowed to make racial justice the heart of his agenda – is it still beating?
The president named one of the most diverse cabinets ever but efforts to reform voting rights and other priorities are bogged down by legislative and legal obstacles
Blow to DeSantis as judge rules Florida cannot enforce mask mandate ban
Judge rules against governor while appeals court sorts out whether ban on public schools mandating masks is ultimately legal
‘Have at it’: Joe Biden dares vaccine mandate opponents to take him on
Partisan pushback comes as CDC releases study finding those who were not fully vaccinated recently were 11 times more likely to die of Covid
Oxford Covid biotech firm plans £2.4bn flotation on LSE
Business founded in 2005 has won contracts worth £144m from the UK government during pandemic
What is the mu variant of the coronavirus?
What is the mu variant? It's a version of the coronavirus that was first identified in Colombia in January and has since caused isolated outbreaks in South America, Europe and the United ...
Biden Expands Vaccine Push With Mandates For Private Sector
Large companies will have to require workers to either get vaccinated or show a negative COVID-19 test result at least weekly.