Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Thursday morning.
1. PM seeks to delay Partygate inquiry vote
MPs should be voting on an investigation into whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled Parliament about parties held in Downing Street during lockdown. But itThe government - aware that some rebel Tory MPs are threatening to vote with Labour, or not at all - is hoping to push it back by saying it should take place once the investigations by police are over and civil servant Sue Gray's full report has been published.
- the shortest-known gap recorded. She was infected by two different variants, Delta and then Omicron.Authorities in China are taking what can only be described as extreme measures to stop a new wave of Covid. Entire communities in areas of Shanghai -- are being relocated, with one notice revealing some residents would be sent to quarantine facilities more than 100 miles away. They would stay there for at least a week, some are exempt and only those who test negative will be taken there.
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