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Test and trace is still crucial to curbing Covid, but can it cope with ‘freedom’?
The £37bn system is facing rapidly rising cases and waning compliance as social distancing rules are lifted in England Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The £37bn…
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How coronavirus travel restrictions impact your mental health, and an expert’s five tips for how to safeguard it
Cat Rüst and her husband, Stefan, spend hours every day in Hong Kong monitoring websites for the latest updates on travel restrictions. With three of their four children overseas at…
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Coronavirus: South Korean military confronts largest cluster on anti-piracy ship; Singapore asks unvaccinated to stay home
South Korea’s military has recorded in biggest cluster of Covid-19 infections to date, with more than 80 per cent of personnel aboard a destroyer on anti-piracy patrol in the Gulf…
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How Asean’s Covid-19 recovery measures are missing opportunities for a green future
More than a year after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Covid-19 outbreak a public health emergency, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) – a region with a…
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Maskless clubbers party on ‘Freedom Day’ as England lifts Covid-19 rules
London clubbers on Monday flocked to one of the first rule-free live music events since the pandemic began last year, dancing through the night and rejoicing in human interaction as…
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Malaysia’s Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul on the ‘Bendera Putih’ campaign, job losses and standing for election
Malaysia’s Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz spoke to the South China Morning Post on a wide range of issues concerning the National Recovery Plan, a four-phase road map for…
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Malaysia’s road map for reopening to include opposition input, finance minister says
Malaysia’s government, already under fire for its handling of the Covid-19 crisis, will cooperate more closely with the opposition as it implements a new road map for a progressive reopening…
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Beta prompts UK moves over France – but all variants could flourish after Monday
Analysis: making fully vaccinated travellers returning from places with lower infection rates quarantine, while the virus runs wild here, is difficult to comprehend Coronavirus – latest updates See all our…
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British PM Boris Johnson isolates after coronavirus exposure, amid confusion ahead of ‘Freedom Day’
The UK government was thrown into turmoil on Sunday by its own rules on Covid-19 self-isolation just as it controversially prepares to ditch pandemic curbs in England.Prime Minister Boris Johnson…
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Coronavirus: Singapore sees 11-month high in cases; Thailand expands curbs
Singapore’s health ministry reported 88 new locally-transmitted coronavirus cases on Sunday, the highest daily toll since August last year, driven by growing clusters of infections linked to karaoke bars and…