Unrealistic to think pandemic will be over this year, says WHO; French and German authorities fighting to convince people that AstraZeneca jab is effective; number of new infections globally rose last week
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Hello and welcome to today’s live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic with me, Helen Sullivan.
I’ll be bringing you the latest developments from the next few hours – as always, you can find me to marvel at how it is March once again and we are very much still in the thick of a pandemic on Twitter @helenrsullivan.
