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‘Prices are ridiculous’: UK holiday costs more than Europe as demand grows
Summer travel saga means people are booking up UK cottages and campsites as owners cash in Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage When Donna Brunton started looking…
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NHS app gains 2.7m users as people rush to show Covid vaccine status
App enables users to show vaccine status and recent tests, in order to travel abroad or attend events Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The NHS app…
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NSW Covid update: three new Sydney cases of ’near and present danger’ Delta variant recorded
‘Fleeting contact’ spurs decision to introduce mask mandate but no other restrictions in place yet NSW and ACT hotspots Victorian hotspots Queensland hotspots New South Wales reported three cases of…
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Hong Kong vaccine perks: giveaways for coronavirus jabs are nice, but reluctant residents prefer assurance, facts, paid days off
Owen Ching is eager to get vaccinated against Covid-19, but cannot afford a medical check-up to find out if he is fit for the jabs.Since losing his job as a…
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Covid ‘remains a serious and deadly threat’ for unvaccinated people, Biden says – as it happened
President hails 300m vaccine doses administered since January Mike Pence heckled at conservative Christian summit in Florida McConnell says voting rights proposal is ‘rotten to the core’ The inner circle…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong study finds ‘substantial’ antibody-level difference between BioNTech, Sinovac jab recipients
A major Hong Kong study has found “substantially higher” levels of antibodies in people vaccinated against Covid-19 with BioNTech jabs, compared with those who received the Chinese-made Sinovac vaccine.The presence…
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Change the conversation: why Australia’s arts advocates need a new approach
With the crisis continuing for the nation’s arts and culture sectors, industry leaders have converged on what needs to happen – fast When it was announced in August last year,…
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English councils refuse six in 10 requests for Covid self-isolation pay
Exclusive: unions say one of key policies to limit virus spread is ‘failing’ in face of rising infections Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Almost two-thirds of…
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Workers must be given right to do jobs from home, says Labour
Exclusive: employers should not be able to ‘dictate terms’ when guidance to work from home lifted, says Angela Rayner Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Workers must…
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Burnout: why prolonged work stress is a danger to physical and mental health – especially for men – and what needs to be done about it
Burnout doesn’t happen overnight – it builds slowly over months, often years. You might be managing the symptoms on a daily basis, just getting by, but left unchecked you risk…