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Police break up Good Friday church service over apparent Covid rule breaches
Worshippers at Christ the King Polish Catholic church in London told they could be fined or arrested Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A Good Friday service…
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Easter egg hunt: UK shoppers disappointed by shortages
Many share pictures of empty shelves on social media and some draw comparisons to last year’s toilet paper shortage First it was toilet roll, then flour. Now UK shoppers have…
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Strain on NHS as tens of thousands of staff suffer long Covid
ONS says at least 122,000 health service workers have condition, threatening patient care Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Intense pressures on the already overstretched NHS are…
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Unions warn ministers against rush to ditch masks in English schools
Policy is helping to curb spread of Covid and should not be scrapped, Gavin Williamson is told Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Ministers should not “rush…
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Uptake of Covid jab remains high in UK despite blood clot fears
Scientists insist Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is safe after seven deaths in Britain Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Uptake in people getting the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is not slowing…
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I literally wrote the book on apocalypses. I never thought it would pan out like this
What happened to the bunkers, and the descent into cannibalism? For the luckier among us, Covid has marked a half-assed end of the world If you wanted to know about…
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High street shops are closing in the Covid crisis – could that hit savings?
UK small investors have invested billions of pounds in property funds but Covid has affected them Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage In recent weeks there have…
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Across Asia-Pacific and Europe, Covid-19 has thrown up another risk – an addiction to lockdowns
During the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, authorities around the world asked people to put their lives on hold for a period of days or weeks to “flatten the…
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Coronavirus: India braces for lockdown as cases soar; Australia to continue AstraZeneca jab despite blood clot case
India’s biggest cities braced for stricter lockdowns and other Covid-19 curbs on Saturday as infections hit a six-month high, as a month-long surge continued in the country third-worst hit by…
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‘Has everyone in Kent gone to an illegal rave?’: on the variant trail with the Covid detectives
At the end of last year, a crack team of British scientists discovered a new coronavirus strain that would spread across the world. As new variants emerge, can they keep…