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Turkey infections rising; India tops global tally of new cases for 18th day – as it happened
This blog is now closing so thanks for reading. But you can keep up to date with all the pandemic news at our new live blog here: Coronavirus live news:…
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Australia coronavirus live update: Victoria reports 149 new Covid cases and 24 deaths – latest news
Anthony Albanese followed up his 7.30 interview yesterday with an appointment with breakfast television on the Seven network this morning. As you would expect he spoke about aged care: Q:…
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How England follows Scotland’s lead over Covid-19
Boris Johnson’s U-turn on Tuesday evening in which he dropped guidance against face masks in schools came just hours after Nicola Sturgeon said Scottishsecondary school pupils should wear masks in…
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Boris Johnson drops advice against face mask use in English schools
Pupils in England will no longer be advised against using face masks in secondary schools after Boris Johnson made an 11th-hour U-turn days before classrooms reopen. In lockdown areas such…
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‘Trump-like culture war’: Boris Johnson wades into Proms row
It started as a speculative story in a Sunday newspaper and ended up as another skirmish in a culture war – which filled front pages, prompted calls to defund the…
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UK retailers cutting jobs at fastest rate since 2009, CBI says
Britain’s beleaguered retailers cut jobs at the fastest rate for more than a decade over the last 12 months, as the pandemic accelerated the longstanding decline of the high street.…
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Hurricane Laura: US health workers brace for natural disaster amid pandemic
As Hurricane Laura barreled towards the US Gulf coast, healthcare workers in Texas and south-west Louisiana region braced for the potential effects of a natural disaster during the coronavirus pandemic.…
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The Guardian view on wearing masks in schools: listen to the WHO | Editorial
When the World Health Organization for the first time issued guidance last weekend that children aged 12 and over should wear masks to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic, one would…
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Why do Covid fatalities seem steady when infection numbers are rising?
Are Covid-19 death rates decreasing?Most statistics indicate that although cases of Covid-19 are rising in many parts of Europe and the United States, the number of deaths and cases of…
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World’s largest vaping devices maker Smoore defies coronavirus, trade war to expand capacity amid booming sales
The world’s biggest maker of e-cigarettes has shrugged off the challenges of coronavirus, the US-China trade war and tougher regulations to report a huge increase in profit, as more smokers…