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The Guardian view on staycations: adventures at home | Editorial
“If you don’t know where you are, you don’t know who you are,” wrote Wendell Berry in a collection of essays entitled The Gift of Good Land. Berry, now 85,…
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‘Chaos’ at Victoria’s Epping Gardens: how privatised aged care has failed during the coronavirus pandemic
Melbourne aged care home Epping Gardens, where 85 residents and 35 staff have tested positive for Covid-19, is in “chaos”, a relative of one of the infected residents has told…
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Global report: French and Spanish Covid-19 cases at highest level in weeks
France’s seven-day average of new Covid-19 cases has risen above the 1,000 threshold for the first time since the first half of May, when it eased its lockdown, as Spain…
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UK coronavirus live: England had highest levels of excess deaths in Europe in first half of 2020, ONS says – as it happened
Boris Johnson has urged Britons not to “delude” themselves that the coronavirus crisis is over. (See 1.46pm.) Boris Johnson: we cannot ‘delude ourselves’ that pandemic is over – video China…
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Covid-19: England had highest excess death levels in Europe by end of May
England had the highest levels of excess deaths in Europe in the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, according to data showing the effect of the virus across the continent.…
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‘Remote first’ GP appointments must be handled with care
While the number of GP appointments overall dropped during lockdown, there was a clear shift towards remote consultations driven by the necessity of the Covid-19 outbreak. NHS figures show that…
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Ambassador Theatre Group to lay off 1,200 casual staff in UK
The Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), one of the biggest employers in British theatre, is to lay off more than 1,200 casual staff in September, with unions saying the delay in…
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Pacific island nations beat coronavirus, but now face economic devastation: report
Pacific island nations are facing economic devastation due to lockdowns and travel bans despite avoiding the worst health effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Asian Development Bank said on Thursday.Despite…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong workers have lunch indoors amid heatstroke warning, a day after braving the sun and rain for their meal
Workers across Hong Kong had their lunch indoors amid a heatstroke warning on Thursday as the government opened community centres, while churches also offered dining spaces, a day after a…
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Coronavirus vaccine developer CanSino offers shares in China’s second-most expensive initial public offering
CanSino Biologics, the Tianjin-based pharmaceutical producer that is conducting human trials on its coronavirus vaccine, has set the second-highest price in its secondary listing on the Shanghai Star Market.The company…