COVID-19 Updates
Covid live news: Lebanon hits record daily cases after blast; Russian vaccine must follow safety procedure, says WHO
Coronavirus in Europe: French and Dutch on alert over rise in cases As Australia wakes up, here’s a summary of…
Read More »England’s contact-tracing saga is at the heart of the government’s failures
The saga of the attempts to set up an English test-and-trace system is perhaps the central story of the government’s…
Read More »UK government urged to justify £108m contact-tracing deal with Serco
The government has been urged to demonstrate there was no favouritism at play in awarding Serco a contact-tracing contract worth…
Read More »UK coronavirus live: pressure on England over A-level results after Scotland exams U-turn
That’s it for the coronavirus UK liveblog today. Here’s a summary of the top stories: Scotland’s education secretary John Swinney…
Read More »Oldham may face full lockdown after Covid cases double
The Greater Manchester town of Oldham is on the brink of being placed into a full lockdown after its number…
Read More »PHE denies it has evidence that older pupils pose Covid infection risk
The government has moved to quell anxieties over its plans to get children back to school by denying it has…
Read More »Essential poll: Victorians overwhelmingly support harsh restrictions to curb Covid second wave
The lockdown might be draconian, but Victorians overwhelmingly support the public health restrictions imposed to curb the second wave of…
Read More »NSW on a knife-edge: experts urge new restrictions to avoid uncontrollable spread of Covid-19
New South Wales should introduce new restrictions in order to avoid uncontrollable spread of Covid-19, experts have said, after the…
Read More »Journalists must overcome their reticence to report on suicide – now more than ever | Martin McKenzie-Murray
For a long time, suicide chilled newsrooms. The fear was simple: reporting suicide would inspire more. Maybe a celebrity’s death…
Read More »The ‘dividendkeeper’ shuffle: how jobkeeper payments are flowing to shareholders
The use by companies of jobkeeper money to subsidise payouts to their shareholders exposes flaws in the design of the…
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