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US Congress approves US$1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill in big win for Joe Biden
A Congress split along party lines approved a landmark US$1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill on Wednesday, as US President Joe Biden and Democrats claimed a triumph on a bill that…
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Steve Bell on the government’s £22bn test-and-trace programme — cartoon
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The Guardian view on test and trace: count the true cost of failure
Before the vaccine, Britain’s pandemic defences were in a scandalous state. The government must still be held to account for its failures Contact tracing was once advertised as the centrepiece…
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The Guardian view on Covid and civil liberties: keeping a close watch on government
Curtailing freedoms has saved lives – but we must not sacrifice them carelessly. Essential rights are under pressure Almost a year ago, with the full impact of the pandemic becoming…
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Brazil’s Lula comes out swinging at Jair Bolsonaro in return to politics
Brazil’s former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made his return to politics on Wednesday with a virulent attack on President Jair Bolsonaro and his “imbecile” handling of the coronavirus…
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Coronavirus variant discovered in Britain has significantly higher death rate: study
A highly infectious variant of Covid-19 that has spread around the world since it was first discovered in Britain late last year is between 30 per cent and 100 per…
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Coronavirus: Britain rejects ‘completely false’ vaccine export ban claims by EU
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday rejected claims from European Council chief Charles Michel that the country had imposed a ban on Covid-19 vaccine exports.“Let me be clear, we…
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Covid-19 respects no boundaries, which is why our response must be global | Pascal Soriot
The scientific community are rising to the challenge of worldwide vaccination, undertaking a health programme of unprecedented scale Pascal Soriot is the chief executive officer of AstraZeneca Coronavirus – latest…
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Why we are all attracted to conspiracy theories – video
Belief in conspiracy theories is far more widespread than the stereotypes that dominate pop culture. Recently, QAnon, Covid-19 and 5G theories have gained traction and criticism while less controversial conspiracies…
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Coronavirus: Singapore launches ‘bubble’ hotel for short-term business travellers; infections spike in Cambodia
Singapore has launched a travel “bubble” business hotel that allows executives to have face-to-face meetings without risk of exposure to the coronavirus, in one of the world’s first such facilities.The…