Coronavirus live news: emergency supplies from US arrive in India; UK cuts international aid by almost a third
Vaccine offered to all over 40s in England; first US Covid emergency aid supplies arrive in India; UK temporarily reduces international aid from £14.5bn to £10bn
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India posted a record daily rise in coronavirus cases of 386,452 on Friday, while deaths from Covid-19 jumped by 3,498 over the last 24 hours, according to health ministry data.
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People aged 40 and over in England are now being invited to book their coronavirus jab, NHS leaders have announced.
NHS England said that text messages will be sent out from Friday to 40 and 41-year-olds allowing them to arrange their vaccination appointments, PA media reports.
It follows nearly 750,000 appointments being made on Monday and Tuesday after the vaccine rollout was extended to people aged 42 to 44, it added.
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