Coronavirus live news: four in five over-16s in UK now fully vaccinated; Sweden to drop restrictions this month
Overall jabs administered in the UK stand at 91,827,909; Sweden will remove virtually all Covid restrictions on 29 September
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Hundreds of thousands of people will die of tuberculosis because of disruption to healthcare systems in poor countries caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, a global aid fund has said.
In a few of the world's poorest countries, excess deaths from Aids and tuberculosis (TB) could even exceed those from the coronavirus itself, said the head of the Geneva-based aid body, known as the Global Fund.
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Performers and audiences who are clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) are being shut out of the arts due to a lack of ongoing safety provisions, according to a number of people within the UK's sector who cite a two-tier" cultural reopening.
While the rest of the population has been able to return to watching and taking part in live music and performance as of the end of July, those who are clinically vulnerable, who number around 3.7m or 6.7% of the British population, are still waiting for their freedom day.
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