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Ellen DeGeneres tests positive for coronavirus
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres said on Thursday that she had tested positive for the coronavirus but was feeling fine.The American comedian said on Twitter that all her close contacts…
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Those locked down the longest party the hardest: how Australia is reuniting | Brigid Delaney
In turns out, despite all the sledging, we love each other, actually Who would have thought that reunions would be quite so joyous? A few months ago you’d be forgiven…
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‘Just unimaginable’: Latin America’s Covid crisis lurches from bad to worse
Health services in Brazil, Mexico and Paraguay are dangerously stretched as a second wave buffets a region where the first never ended As the coronavirus epidemic hammered Rio earlier this…
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‘I thought about killing my children’: the desperate Bangladesh garment workers fighting for pay
Workers face destitution after the collapse of fashion retailers – and despite beatings and police crackdowns vow they will protest until they are paid It was 4.30am when the police…
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Coronavirus: WHO wants end to ‘panic-then-forget’ approach to epidemics
This is the first story in a 15-part series on the Covid-19 disease, one year after it first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan. It explores the response to…
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Covid-19 pandemic: in-depth analysis one year after Wuhan
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Coronavirus: Brazil plans to vaccinate entire population against Covid-19 in 2021
Amid a worsening second wave of coronavirus infections and mounting domestic pressure, Brazil’s Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello pledged on Thursday to vaccinate the country’s entire population against Covid-19 in 2021.The…
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Germany coronavirus crisis taking ‘worrying’ turn for worse as deaths top 20,000
Germany’s trend of new Covid-19 infections has taken a worrying turn, the head of its disease control agency said on Thursday, as the death toll to date crossed the grim…
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Coronavirus: South Korea uses shipping containers for hospital beds amid resurgence
Shipping containers are being transformed into temporary hospital beds as South Korean medical facilities hit capacity amid what health officials have dubbed the “most difficult challenge” the country has yet…
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Hong Kong fourth wave: health officials warn of spike in untraceable coronavirus infections as 112 new cases confirmed
Hong Kong health authorities warned of a 77 per cent spike in untraceable community Covid-19 infections over the past week, as 112 new cases were confirmed on Thursday, marking the…