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The number of people in hospital with coronavirus continues to fall and stands at 1,285, with 181 on ventilation.laboratories to test current and new COVID-19 vaccines against variants of concernA total of £29.3m will go towards building the"state-of-the-art" laboratories at Public Health England's new testing facilities at the Ministry of Defence's top-secret complex in Wiltshire.
Meanwhile, India's foreign minister has been forced to pull out of attending the G7 meeting in London in person afterSubrahmanyam Jaishankar has been participating virtually in the event after coming into contact with the cases, although he has not tested positive. Asked whether it had been a mistake to hold the G7 meeting in person, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday morning:"I think it's very important to try to continue as much business as you can as a government.
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