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9 Feb, 6 tweets, 3 min read
Today’s #COVID19 headlines:

Thousands of extra covid-19 tests are being rolled out in Manchester after four cases with a mutation linked to the variant first identified in southeast England were detected. news.sky.com/story/covid-19…
All travellers entering the UK will be required to take two coronavirus tests while quarantining in an attempt to prevent variants entering the country. Health secretary Matt Hancock will set out more details in the Commons today. bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
One in three covid-19 patients put on a ventilator experience extensive symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a study published in BJPsych Open. theguardian.com/world/2021/feb…
Facebook says it plans to remove posts with erroneous claims about vaccines from across its platform. nytimes.com/2021/02/08/tec…
Members of a World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of covid-19 are holding a briefing in Wuhan, China. Our reporter @adamvaughan_uk is tweeting live updates.
Read our daily summary for more updates. newscientist.com/article/223747…

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