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Coronavirus live news: US death toll surpasses 130,000; India’s cases third-highest in world
New York’s governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday called on Donald Trump to not be a “co-conspirator” of the coronavirus and acknowledge the “major problem” it poses as cases spiked in…
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UK calls halt to data on number of people tested for Covid-19
The UK government has said it will no longer publish data on the number of individual people being tested for coronavirus, after five weeks of failing to release such daily…
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Boris Johnson’s blundering was political genius. But now that moment has passed | Stephen Reicher
In the midst of the greatest crisis most of us have known in our lifetimes, we are in more need than ever of effective leadership: to bring us together, to…
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What’s more stressful than lockdown? The easing of lockdown | Suzanne Moore
The least-helpful piece of advice in the world is: “Just be yourself.” (Seriously? It won’t go well.) The second-least-helpful is: “Just act normal.” I have been acting normal sitting on…
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Coronavirus: world treating symptoms, not cause of pandemics, says UN
The world is treating the health and economic symptoms of the coronavirus pandemic but not the environmental cause, according to the authors of a UN report. As a result, a…
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Human activity raises risk of more pandemics like Covid-19, warns UN report
Rising demand for wild meat, environmental destruction and unsustainable farming could lead to more pandemics such as Covid-19, a new report has warned.The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the…
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UK car sales weakest since 1971; US service sector strengthens – as it happened
Time for a recap. Stock market have posted fresh gains today, as a raft of mildly upbeat data cheered investors. China’s stock market led the charge, jumping over 5% to…
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Which countries can UK holidaymakers visit without restrictions on arrival?
Last week, the government announced the countries that UK nationals could take holidays to without facing quarantine on return, also known as travel corridors. However, confusion remains over which countries…
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Coronavirus can live for four days on animal skin: US military study
The novel coronavirus can live for days on animal skin, according to researchers from the biggest US military bioweapons laboratory.In Fort Detrick, Maryland, army researchers tested the virus on the…