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UK flights and credit card purchases rise as Covid rules ease
Data comes before official figures for UK’s national income are expected to show fourth month of expansion Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Flights to and from…
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Lack of sick pay for all threatens Covid plan, UK thinktank warns
Royal Society of Arts says it is financially unviable for many low-paid workers to self-isolate Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Ministers are playing with fire if…
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Shapps ends quarantine rule for fully vaccinated amber-list travellers
New regime from 19 July could open up many tourist hotspots to English holidaymakers Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Holidaymakers from England travelling to amber list…
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Spectators to face Olympic ban as Tokyo Covid emergency declared – report
Japanese prime minister says Tokyo’s fourth state of emergency will begin on Monday See all our coronavirus coverage Olympic organisers are expected to ban all spectators from the Tokyo Games,…
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Fears of new US Covid surge as Delta spreads and many remain unvaccinated
Vast majority of deaths are in unvaccinated people, as cases rise in nearly half of states More than nine out of 10 Americans who died from Covid-19 in the US…
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NSW to send mounted police into south-west Sydney to enforce rules – as it happened
New cases for NSW, Queensland and Northern Territory as Sydney remains in lockdown. This blog is now closed NSW records 38 Covid cases, highest since Sydney outbreak began PM says…
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Sunak hints at changes to test-and-trace app to cut numbers told to isolate
Chancellor says health secretary looking at ‘solutions’ amid reports of people deleting NHS app Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has suggested changes…
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As the Delta variant outruns NSW’s contact tracing, the cabinet splits between Covid and the economy | Anne Davies
Some in the NSW cabinet want to keep the economy ticking over, but getting the lockdown wrong will be even more costly Follow our live blog for the latest updates…
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Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble: will Sinovac’s efficacy against Delta coronavirus variant be the next stumbling block?
A debate over the efficacy of the Sinovac vaccine is emerging between Hong Kong and Singapore, adding another layer of uncertainty to the long-awaited travel bubble between the two cities.Professor…
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India’s Covid-19 widows: a tale of grit and resilience in the face of despair
Farhana Sultana has her eight-day-old baby in her hands, while her two other children – aged five and seven – play outside her tiny house in the western Indian city…