Covid-19 pandemic.Cases have soared in the wake of Christmas and New Year celebrations.The worrying stats called re-opening schools as planned into question.Nicola Sturgeon is set to announce new lockdown measures on Monday.On her agenda is a potential plan to shut schools for the next month.Schools in Scotland are due to return full-time on January 18 – but a rise in infections has prompted plans for a longer school shutdown.While some Scots think keeping kids in the classroom is all wrong, others fear sending students home will do more harm than good.Education expert James McEnaneyThe Scottish Government has got a lot wrong in its handling of education during this pandemic, causing problems for itself and everyone else by delaying.

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Coronavirus: India reports 18,139 new cases in a day, active cases at 2.25 lakh

Also Read | How US democracy nearly came undoneAs many as 17,93,36,364 samples have been tested for Covid-19 up to January 6 including 9,35,369 samples tested on Thursday, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) informed.Kerala continues to be the worst affected state by the pandemic with 65,252 cases. According to the Health Ministry, there are 11,939 active cases in UP, 9,109 active cases in Chhattisgarh and 4,481 active cases in Delhi.With 3,729 new COVID-19 cases and 72 deaths in Maharashtra, total cases in the state stand at 19,58,282.

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Pfizer vaccine appears effective against new Covid-19 strain in UK: Report

Covid-19 vaccine appears to work against a key mutation in the highly transmissible new strain of coronavirus detected in Britain and South Africa.The not-yet peer-reviewed laboratory study conducted by Pfizer and scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch indicated the Covid-19 vaccine was effective in neutralising the killer virus with the so-called N501Y mutation of the spike protein.Also Read | Virus spread slows but two states still a worryThe mutation could be responsible for greater transmissibility and there had been concern it could also make the virus escape antibody neutralisation elicited by the vaccine, news agency Reuters quoted Phil Dormitzer, one of Pfizer's top viral vaccine scientists, as saying.The study was

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Scientists think they know exactly where and when England's mutant Covid strain started

Covid-19 variant is spreading across the UK and scientists already know it's more transmissible than the first we saw last year. The first sample was discovered in a person who lived near Cantebury, Kent, back in September, according to scientists.The new mutant strain, who has 14 various mutations believed to make it 70% more infectious, has led to countries across the globe banning travellers from the UK.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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