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Face coverings are placed on the statues of former US President Franklyn D. Roosevelt and former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Mayfair, London. AP Photo
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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits a vaccination centre at the Derby Arena velodrome. Reuters
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Boris Johnson visits SureScreen Diagnostics in Derby. Reuters
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Boris Johnson speaks with an employee at SureScreen Diagnostics. Reuters
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An NHS employee looks over the vaccination bays at the Elland Road mass vaccination centre in Leeds. AP Photo
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A healthcare worker shows an elderly woman how to take her swab sample, at a minibus that was converted into a mobile test centre in Walsall. Reuters
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Members of staff speak to residents as they carry out mobile door-to-door virus testing to assess the prevalence of the South African Covid-19 variant in the Ealing district of London. AP Photo
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A woman is vaccinated at a Covid-19 pop-up vaccination centre, at the East London Mosque in Whitechapel, London. AP Photo
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Olivia Smart, advanced practitioner, vaccinates Mewa Singh Khela, 72, with his first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine at the Elland Road vaccination centre in Leeds. AP Photo
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Pedestrians walk past an NHS Covid-19 vaccination centre in Westfield Stratford City shopping centre in east London. AFP
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A deserted Regent Street in London as the third national lockdown continues. AP Photo
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Volunteers stand outside a temporary vaccination hub at the Colchester Community Stadium in Colchester. AFP
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People arrive to receive the Covid-19 vaccine at Crystal Palace Football Club vaccination centre in London. Reuters
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A very quiet Mayfair in London. AP Photo
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Face coverings are placed on the statues of former US President Franklyn D. Roosevelt and former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Mayfair, London. AP Photo
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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits a vaccination centre at the Derby Arena velodrome. Reuters
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Boris Johnson visits SureScreen Diagnostics in Derby. Reuters
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Boris Johnson speaks with an employee at SureScreen Diagnostics. Reuters
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An NHS employee looks over the vaccination bays at the Elland Road mass vaccination centre in Leeds. AP Photo
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A healthcare worker shows an elderly woman how to take her swab sample, at a minibus that was converted into a mobile test centre in Walsall. Reuters
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Members of staff speak to residents as they carry out mobile door-to-door virus testing to assess the prevalence of the South African Covid-19 variant in the Ealing district of London. AP Photo
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A woman is vaccinated at a Covid-19 pop-up vaccination centre, at the East London Mosque in Whitechapel, London. AP Photo
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Olivia Smart, advanced practitioner, vaccinates Mewa Singh Khela, 72, with his first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine at the Elland Road vaccination centre in Leeds. AP Photo
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Pedestrians walk past an NHS Covid-19 vaccination centre in Westfield Stratford City shopping centre in east London. AFP
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A deserted Regent Street in London as the third national lockdown continues. AP Photo
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Volunteers stand outside a temporary vaccination hub at the Colchester Community Stadium in Colchester. AFP
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People arrive to receive the Covid-19 vaccine at Crystal Palace Football Club vaccination centre in London. Reuters
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A very quiet Mayfair in London. AP Photo
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Face coverings are placed on the statues of former US President Franklyn D. Roosevelt and former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Mayfair, London. AP Photo
Google data can help forecast coronavirus peak
University College London researchers find that internet search data could assist with predicting public health emergencies
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