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Tokyo reports jump in coronavirus cases, many linked to nightclubs
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Sunday confirmed 47 new coronavirus infections, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said, marking the largest daily figure since May 5.Of the figure, 18 people were traced…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong domestic helpers should be quarantined in government centres on arrival as most families do not want to house them initially, union says
Employment agencies have called for newly hired domestic helpers to be quarantined in government centres on their arrival in Hong Kong, saying most families did not want to house them…
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Rishi Sunak signals two-metre distancing rule could soon be reduced
Rishi Sunak has indicated the government could soon reduce the two-metre physical distancing rule as way to help businesses, with the chancellor saying ministers would “actively review” the measure in…
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The 10-year-old has returned to school and we live for the stories she brings back | Zoe Williams
So the 10-year-old went back to school, railing at the injustice. There are two other school-age individuals in the house, who, according to one news story this week, will not…
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Capita to axe at least 200 jobs amid coronavirus cost-cutting
Capita, one of the major providers of outsourced services to the UK government, plans to cut at least 200 jobs amid a severe financial hit caused by the coronavirus pandemic.…
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‘Advisers advise’: Rishi Sunak says 2-metre rule is for ministers not scientists to decide – video
The chancellor has said a decision on whether to ease the 2-metre physical distancing rule in England will be for ministers rather than the government’s chief scientific advisers to rake.…
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Why is Dominic Cummings still in No 10? Because Vote Leavers never say sorry | Peter Geoghegan
Dominic Cummings is a lucky man. A couple of weeks ago, Boris Johnson’s chief strategist – and his lockdown-busting trip to north-east England – dominated the news headlines. Now the…
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Chile’s health minister quits over government response to Covid-19
A steep rise in coronavirus cases in Chile has plunged the government into crisis and prompted intense criticism of its management of the pandemic. Divisions between the government and sectors…
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Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam… How some countries kept Covid at bay
Just months ago, much of south-east Asia appeared on the brink of a major coronavirus epidemic. The outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan had escalated at the worst possible…
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Pandemic, what pandemic? Trump sees mass rallies as path to re-election
On the day that America reached a world record 2m coronavirus infections, Donald Trump announced a campaign rally and his deputy, Mike Pence, posted (then deleted) a tweet of campaign…