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Coronavirus: UK allows mask-free music festival, with 5,000 human guinea pigs
Live music returned to the birthplace of The Beatles after a long coronavirus-enforced silence on Sunday when the English city of Liverpool hosted a one-off music festival to test whether…
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India’s coronavirus infections near 20 million as calls for national lockdown grow louder
India on Monday reported more than 300,000 new coronavirus cases for a 12th straight day, taking its overall caseload to just shy of 20 million, while deaths from Covid-19 rose…
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How many more images of Covid disaster does it take to jolt rich countries into action? | Nesrine Malik
The crisis in India forced the west to respond. But without an ambitious global plan, other nations may suffer similar fates As the number of Covid-19 cases rose dramatically in…
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Holidays abroad should be discouraged to stop Covid third wave, say MPs
All-party group on coronavirus gives recommendations on international travel for leisure, which could resume on 17 May Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Holidays abroad should be…
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Coronavirus live news: India offers vaccination to all adults as country nears 20m cases
US to discuss Covid vaccine IP with World Trade Organization; Chinese tourists expected to make 18.3 million railway trips on labor day; all adults in India eligible for vaccines How…
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Why India’s official coronavirus numbers understate the true scale of its crisis
Even after more than a year of devastating coronavirus surges across the world, the intensity and scale of India’s current crisis stands out, with patients desperate for short supplies of…
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Coronavirus: flights from Britain to Hong Kong set to resume this week for first time since Christmas cut-off
Hong Kong will resume passenger flights from Britain this week for the first time since December 25, the Post has learned.Authorities are poised to remove the harsh Covid-19 travel restrictions…
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New Zealand fires nine border workers who refused Covid vaccine
PM Jacinda Ardern had previously said workers who declined to be vaccinated would be moved to other roles New Zealand’s customs agency has fired nine border workers who refused to…
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Australia’s medical chief Paul Kelly says he gave no health advice to jail India arrivals
Comments come after foreign minister says decision to criminalise Australians returning from India was made ‘on the basis of advice from the chief medical officer’ Follow the Australia news liveblog…
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Can segregation rules at bars, restaurants really help raise Hong Kong vaccination rate?
Since February, Israel has deployed a “green pass” system that allows those who have been vaccinated or who have recovered from the coronavirus to regain access to hotels, restaurants, gyms,…