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France announces limited lockdown easing with Europe wary of festive surge
Germany and Spain look to limit Christmas gatherings as Macron unveils tough post-lockdown restrictions Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage France has announced a limited easing of…
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Coronavirus: Britain relaxes restrictions over Christmas, despite infection risk
British authorities gave the green light on Tuesday to holiday reunions for millions, relaxing restrictions on social mixing over Christmas and offering arriving international travellers a way to cut short…
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‘Drinks on the pavement’: UK scientists on their Christmas plans
Three different households will be allowed to mix inside, but most experts are being cautious Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage “It is the season to be…
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Guided? Followed? Down the Covid rabbit hole with Hancock | John Crace
The health secretary had a tetchy talk with Jeremy Hunt about his relationship with ‘the science’ There must be many times when Matt Hancock wonders what he has done in…
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China, Japan to resume two-way business travel by month’s end
The foreign ministers of Japan and China agreed on Tuesday to cooperate in fighting the coronavirus and reviving their pandemic-hit economies, while trying to avoid actions that provoke tensions over…
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Why are we so desperate for a ‘normal’ awful Christmas? | Joel Golby
British people have a bizarrely hysterical relationship with the festive season – and Boris Johnson is taking advantage One thing I have noticed, peering at people’s lives on Instagram Stories,…
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Coronavirus: mainland China-based vlogger goes viral for video slamming Hong Kong’s ‘meaningless’ quarantine measures
A mainland-based vlogger’s tirade about Hong Kong’s quarantine regulations has gone viral on Chinese social media after she criticised the city’s anti-pandemic measures as “meaningless” and “mediocre”.The internet personality’s video…
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Russia says Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine is 95 per cent effective
Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine is 95 per cent effective according to a second interim analysis of clinical trial data, its developers said on Tuesday.The two-dose vaccine will be available…
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The ‘daunting’ hurdles of distributing Covid-19 vaccines in America
The nation will undertake the most logistically challenging vaccination campaign in its history James English has $74,000 to figure out how to distribute the world’s first ultra-cold storage drug to…