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Global Covid deaths top 3m as India posts another daily record rise in cases
Country records almost 235,000 infections as new wave takes hold Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The global coronavirus death toll has topped 3 million as the…
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I’ve lost my conversational mojo – can I relearn the art of small talk?
Been up to much lately? After a year of isolation, I’ve forgotten how to talk to people – but help is at hand A good friend of mine, who started…
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My night out in New York took me across the latest Covid dividing line | Emma Brockes
As restrictions ease, tensions linger about what you should and shouldn’t do. So booking a babysitter felt outlandishly exciting On Saturday night, for the first time in over a year,…
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In India’s oldest avian sanctuary, Vedanthangal, a pollution-free vision turns toxic
About an hour’s drive from Chennai lies India’s oldest avian sanctuary, Vedanthangal, which offers a haven to an estimated 40,000 birds every year during the post-monsoon season between October and…
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‘Some messages have been just sobbing’: phone line helps headteachers with burden of Covid
A group of former heads have set up a vital service for colleagues with nowhere to turn For Alex Barnes*, head of a large secondary school in Yorkshire, the stresses…
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Pandemic made 2020 ‘the year of the quiet ocean’, say scientists
Human-generated sounds faded substantially at height of Covid lockdown, studies show Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Covid-19 lockdown has produced the quietest year for the…
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‘It’s about keeping safe’: Peak District welcomes visitors as Mansfield cases rise
As Britain inches towards normality, school outbreaks reveal socially distanced caution still wise Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage On the coronavirus map of Britain, the Derbyshire…
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India’s coronavirus surge is being driven by ‘double mutant variant’, making containment even harder
As India’s daily tally of Covid-19 infections surged by a record 200,000-plus cases on two consecutive days, public health experts worry that a new – possibly more virulent – coronavirus…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong health officials warn Covid-19 epidemic picking up pace again as scores quarantined after man found with mutated strain
Hong Kong authorities have imposed their “toughest infection-control measures” to quarantine about 80 residents of a Jordan building for 21 days, after a man staying there was found to be…
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NSW Covid quarantine: viral sequence suggests coronavirus jumped between hotel rooms
Seven cases of returned travellers arriving from different countries at different times have the same viral sequence Covid-19 appears to have jumped between neighbouring rooms in hotel quarantine in Sydney…