The number of deaths from #covid19 recorded worldwide has passed 750,000. Here are today’s headlines on the pandemic.

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More lockdown rules are set to be relaxed in England from Saturday, including allowing small wedding receptions and live indoor performances. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53772735">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-5...

People entering the UK from France will have to quarantine for two weeks from Saturday. France has reported over 2500 new cases for two days in a row, with Paris and Marseille named as high-risk zones. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-france/paris-marseille-named-as-high-risk-covid-zones-making-curbs-likelier-idUKKCN25A0LC">https://uk.reuters.com/article/u...

The UK government has quietly removed 1.3 million coronavirus tests from its data because of double counting, the Guardian reports, raising fresh questions about the accuracy of the testing figures. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/14/government-quietly-drops-13m-covid-tests-from-england-tally">https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...

The UK has secured early access to 90 million doses of two promising vaccine candidates developed by Novavax and Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies as part of phase 3 clinical trials. https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-uk-secures-early-access-to-90-million-doses-of-two-more-covid-19-vaccine-candidates-12048867">https://news.sky.com/story/cor...