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Confusing Covidsafe app message led people to believe they had coronavirus, documents show
Poor wording in an early version of the Covidsafe contact-tracing app led people to incorrectly believe they had contracted coronavirus and they turned up “alarmed” to GP clinics for testing,…
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Victorian doctors disturbed at patchy supply of PPE for Covid health workers
Senior doctors have spoken of feeling demoralised in their attempts to secure higher levels of personal protective equipment from hospital administrators, and say the approach to protection in some workplaces…
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Essential poll: Australians more worried about stopping Covid spread than reviving economy
Australians rank stopping community transmission of Covid-19 higher on their list of priorities than restarting the economy and putting it on the road to recovery, according to the latest Guardian…
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US could lose talent to Canada, China, India, say tech giants in legal challenge to Trump’s visa freezes
US tech giants including Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Netflix, Twitter and others filed a legal brief on Monday backing a challenge to US President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on the…
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Zorro actor Antonio Banderas in quarantine after testing positive for Covid-19
Spanish actor Antonio Banderas, star of The Mask of Zorro and dozens of other films, announced on Monday, his 60th birthday, that he had tested positive for the coronavirus disease…
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Donald Trump is no Harry Truman, but a comeback is on the cards | Larry Elliott
A month ago it looked like curtains for Donald Trump. The number of Covid-19 cases was surging across the US. Consumers were taking the decision to self-isolate and there were…
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Boris Johnson will face the ire of parents if English schools don’t reopen safely
Boris Johnson was careful to lavish praise on teachers as he visited two schools in east London on Monday before he heads off to Scotland for a holiday. The prime…
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Coronavirus a ‘test of competence’ for Philippine government, says Duterte critic Maria Ressa
The Philippine government’s priorities “have not focused enough” on containing the coronavirus pandemic, prominent journalist Maria Ressa has said, as the number of infections nears 140,000.President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration has…
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Dive for cover – Boris Johnson is invoking ‘morality’ in his Covid policies | Simon Jenkins
We should beware. The prime minister has recovered from Covid-19 only to be struck down by a new ailment: morality. Not reopening schools next month, says Boris Johnson, would be…
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Chinese consumers grapple with ‘flying pigs and rocketing eggs’ as supply disruptions send food inflation soaring
When it comes to buying food for daily meals, Chinese consumers are increasingly being forced to swallow unaffordable prices for two staple products – so-called flying pigs and rocketing eggs.Supply-side…