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Why was the Isle of Wight left so vulnerable to Covid catastrophe? | Hannah Ewens
Our island has an ageing population and one small hospital. Allowing people to travel from tier 4 areas has had tragic results For brief moments, life in tier 1 could…
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India begins world’s biggest Covid vaccination programme
Country of 1.3 billion people hopes to vaccinate 300 million citizens by August Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage India has begun one of the world’s biggest…
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Family fear for dying Australian man stranded in Ireland as Emirates cancels flights
John Jobber, who is suffering from end-stage renal failure, prostate cancer and dementia, had a ticket for a March flight home Follow today’s coronavirus live blog State by state restrictions…
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Coronavirus: lockdown at two US bases in South Korea; India starts huge vaccine drive
The US Forces in Korea (USFK) said on Saturday it has imposed a shelter-in-place order on two of its largest bases – US Army Garrison Yongsan and Camp Humphreys –…
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Covid vaccine: 72% of black people unlikely to have jab, UK survey finds
Sage voices concern at BAME uptake and says more must be done to increase trust in vaccine Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Advisers from the Scientific…
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Covid jabs to be accompanied by organ music at Salisbury Cathedral
800-year-old building becomes temporary vaccination centre for priority patients invited by GPs Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Soothing organ music will be played as people over…
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Covid-19 scuppers journey down Amazon of Asia, the Kapuas River in Borneo, so a road adventure has to suffice
Although international travel remains rare in the Asia-Pacific region, domestic tourism in some countries has been booming for months. In Thailand, Phuket saw a huge uptick in visitor numbers for…
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Global report: coronavirus death toll reaches 2 million
‘Heart-wrenching milestone’ says UN chief; China reports 130 new cases in flare-up; India starts mass vaccination campaign Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage More than two million…
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‘Cha-Cha’, anyone? Philippine Congress squares off with Duterte on constitutional changes
A proposed constitutional revamp is dominating discussions in the Philippine Congress once again as allies of President Rodrigo Duterte make another attempt to barrel through charter changes – the so-called…
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Coronavirus: Thailand offered luxury quarantine to tourists to revive economy, but hardly anyone turned up
It’s hard to imagine a more luxurious place to spend two weeks of quarantine than the Anantara Phuket Suites & Villas in Thailand, where visitors are pampered in private residences…