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There are ways to identify the Delta variant
It is done through further analysis of positive PCR results. Read
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Can you have a shorter gap between Covid-19 vaccines in pregnancy?
The official guidance says the main exception to the eight week interval minimum is those about to start immunosuppressant treatment. Read
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Newspapers report Covid hospitalisations over seven months as over seven days
In the seven months to 29 August, 9,472 people in England stayed in hospital overnight with a confirmed case of the Delta variant. Read
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Instagram isn’t blocking posts to your followers
A number of social media posts falsely claim Instagram limits the number of posts seen by others. Read
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Reversing is not being removed from HGV driving tests
This is a misinterpretation of a government plan to let approved third parties assess the reversing portion of the test. Read
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The government did not give £37 billion to Serco
This is the total budget for two years of Test and Trace. Not all of it was spent, and only a fraction went to Serco. Read
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Evidence so far does not show the Mu variant is ‘immune to vaccines’
The Covid-19 strain is currently designated a variant of interest and has a number of potentially concerning mutations. Read
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Error in BBC reporting doesn’t mean 9/11 was scripted
Conspiracy theories about World Trade Center 7 have flourished since the attack. Read
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Fact checking works: results from a new international study
New evidence that fact checking significantly reduces belief in misinformation. Read
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Fact checked: six key claims about the new health and social care plan
It was announced on Tuesday that National Insurance would be raised to help pay for the government’s new health and social care plan. Read
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