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Children will be offered jabs at school from Monday; China cases down from 66 a day earlierGordon Brown calls for urgent action to avert ‘vaccine waste disaster’Australian Olympic gold medallist Madi Wilson in hospital with CovidChris Rock says he has Covid-19 and urges doubters: ‘Get vaccinated’Slow but steady has seen the EU win out in the vaccine raceSee all our coronavirus coverage 6.59am BST Campaigners have issued fresh calls for a windfall tax on companies that prospered during the pandemic, after research highlighted six firms that increased their profits by a total of £16bn.The outsourcing firm Serco and online clothes retailer Asos were among the companies that saw their global profits more than double over the last financial year, while one investment trust, Scottish Mortgage, saw its returns grow to nine times the average of preceding years. Related: Fresh calls for windfall tax on companies that prospered during Covid 6.32am BST China reported on Monday 49 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the mainland for Sept. 19, down from 66 a day earlier, according to National Health Commission data.Of the new infections, 28 were locally transmitted, all of them in the southeastern province of Fujian, the health authority said. That compares with 43 local cases a day earlier.China reported two new asymptomatic coronavirus cases, which it does not classify as confirmed infections, compared with 19 a day earlier.No new deaths were reported.As of Sunday, mainland China had recorded 95,738 confirmed cases, with the death toll unchanged at 4,636. Continue reading...