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‘We are ecstatic!’: a taste of post-Covid freedom at Liverpool pilot gig
Event at Sefton Park attended by 5,000 people with no distancing or masks as part of research programme Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The first “near-normal”…
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Peaky Blinders investigated over alleged breach of Covid protocols
Producers accused of putting crew at risk after staff member allegedly continued on set after positive test Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The hit BBC drama…
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Coronavirus: UK sends 1,000 more ventilators to India
The UK said on Sunday it was sending an extra 1,000 oxygen ventilators to Covid-struck India, as a group of doctors staged their own intervention by offering long-distance telemedicine from…
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The Guardian view on the G7 and the pandemic: pay up, to protect us all | Editorial
A campaign for rich countries to do their part, spearheaded by former prime minister Gordon Brown, must be heeded “Don’t treat this as our problem alone … Sooner or later,…
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Coronavirus: Singapore’s Tan Tock Seng Hospital cluster widens, 11 more infected
Singapore on Sunday registered 14 new cases of locally transmitted Covid-19 infection, of which 11 are linked to the cluster at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) where a nurse working…
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Coronavirus: more medical aid arrives in India as deaths skyrocket
More emergency medical aid from foreign donors to alleviate a dire oxygen shortage arrived in India on Sunday, as Covid-19 deaths in the South Asian nation rose to a new…
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China’s May Day holiday a shot in the arm for domestic tourism
Chinese day trippers and sightseers were out in force on Saturday at the start of the May Day holiday, as the country continues its economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.In…
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Why did the government take so long to back down on this care home cruelty? | Nicci Gerrard
A legal challenge forced a U-turn on the guidance imprisoning the old and vulnerable Yesterday, at the 11th hour, the government caved in. Knowing that proceedings were being issued against…
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Coronavirus: ‘considerable growth’ expected for Hong Kong in first quarter, but pandemic will still be spectre over economic recovery
Hong Kong’s economy experienced “considerable growth” in the first quarter of the year but the Covid-19 pandemic will still be a hurdle on the path to recovery, the finance chief…
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Marise Payne denies racism motivated ban on Australian citizens returning from Covid-ravaged India
Foreign affairs minister says ‘temporary pause’ is to alleviate the ‘significant burden’ returning travellers were placing on health systems Foreign affairs minister Marise Payne has defended the government’s decision to…