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Jim’s Mowing boss attacks Victorian lockdown but backs off directive to keep working
Jim Penman says he will suspend all the state’s operations until the lockdown ends, despite previous email directing franchisees to continue working The founder of large franchise chain Jim’s Mowing…
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Surgeons in England call for £1bn a year to cut ‘colossal’ backlog
Royal College of Surgeons demands ‘new deal’ to help NHS weather future pandemics Surgical hubs should be created across England and the government should spend £1bn annually for the next…
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Germany agrees €2.5bn package to help revive Covid-hit culture sector
Finance minister calls measures the ‘biggest cultural subsidy programme’ since end of the second world war Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A €2.5bn (£2.15bn) package has…
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Overcrowding in Victorian hospitals ‘bigger emergency than Covid’, expert warns
Stressed staff, lack of beds and backlog of people accessing care all contributing to crisis, leading emergency physician says Overcrowding in Victoria’s healthcare system is a “bigger public health emergency…
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Covid bereaved demand public inquiry and end to ‘political pantomime’
Dominic Cummings’ litany of claims against the government should be formally investigated, say families Boris Johnson is facing a growing clamour to bring forward the start of the coronavirus public…
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Coronavirus: Christian mission cluster at the heart of Ho Chi Minh City outbreak; Japan poised to extend state of emergency
Vietnamese authorities on Friday ordered restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City to stop accepting dine-in customers and restricted a range of activities amid rising coronavirus cases.Beauty parlours, tourist sites, libraries,…
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Indian democracy can learn from Cummings’ dissection of Britain’s Covid-19 failings
Such was the box office pull of Wednesday’s parliamentary testimony by Dominic Cummings, the Rasputin-like ex-aide to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, that what would otherwise have been a dreary…
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Melbourne Covid outbreak: federal government knocks back Victoria’s request for more financial support
Victorian authorities have identified more than 15, 000 close contacts and 121 exposure sites in the latest coronavirus outbreak Melbourne Covid outbreak: live updates Full list of Victorian Covid public…
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US urges WHO to carry out second phase of coronavirus origin study in China
The United States called on Thursday for the World Health Organization to carry out a second phase of its investigation into the origins of the coronavirus, with independent experts given…