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Portrait of the week

Portrait of the week: A political squall, sub-postmasters exonerated and India’s Covid crisis

1 May 2021

9:00 AM

1 May 2021

9:00 AM

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By the beginning of the week, 12,071,810 people had received both doses of coronavirus vaccine, and the proportion of the adult population with both soon rose to more than a quarter. In the seven days up to the beginning of the week, 159 people had died, bringing the total of deaths (within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus) to 127,417.

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