Data on registered deaths from 31 countries shows few recovering in 2021, and many seeing further declines.
Countries that rolled out vaccines quickly, to all age groups, have generally bounced back faster.
Life expectancy in England and Wales rose slightly in 2021, while in Scotland and Northern Ireland it fell further, the researchers say. BBC News
See also:
- Life expectancy changes since COVID-19 (open access) Nature Human Behaviour
- Outrage as Boston University CREATES Covid strain that has an 80% kill rate The Daily Mail
- ‘They can’t ignore us any more’: five women on long Covid and medical misogyny The Guardian
- Scientists identify new Covid subvariant that is best yet at beating immune system The Independent
- Covid jab rates vary in England in children of different ethnicities New Scientist
- Why are Covid-19 cases rising again? New Statesman
- COVID pandemic caused changes to global mortality not seen in 70 years, say researchers Sky News
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