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‘It feels endless’: four women struggling to recover from Covid-19
Last month, the Guardian published an interview with Paul Garner, a professor of infectious diseases, about his experience of Covid-19. The piece was shared widely and viewed nearly 1m times.…
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Blue-sky thinking: how cities can keep air clean after coronavirus
For those not directly affected, the ability to breathe more easily and see further has perhaps been the greatest consolation amid the trauma of the coronavirus pandemic. As city after…
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Hong Kong’s recovery from coronavirus and protests depends on employers joining subsidy scheme
Employers across Hong Kong have started applying to the government’s Employment Support Scheme. While some seem determined to make it difficult for large, well-funded businesses to participate, the economic argument…
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Singapore’s political stability and willingness to ‘play by the rules’ will propel coronavirus recovery, PM Lee Hsien Loong says
Singapore’s status as a bastion of political stability and the government’s commitment to “playing by the rules” with investors will be crucial to its ability to rebound from the coronavirus…
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Religious leaders split over reopening places of worship in England
Christian leaders have welcomed the government’s announcement that places of worship in England will be allowed to reopen for individual prayer from 15 June, but Muslim and Jewish leaders said…
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BA launches legal battle over Covid-19 quarantine ruling
British Airways has started legal proceedings against the government in its bid to overturn quarantine rules due to take effect in the UK from Monday. BA’s owner, IAG, has sent…
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China denies coronavirus cover-up and insists relations with rest of world have not been damaged
China has said its relations with the rest of the world have not been damaged by the Covid-19 pandemic and insisted it has been transparent about the coronavirus.Beijing released a…
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Covid-19 vaccine: AstraZeneca has ‘approached Gilead over possible merger’
AstraZeneca has approached its rival Gilead Sciences about a potential merger, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday. Any merger, which would be the biggest healthcare deal on record, would bring together…
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Black Lives Matter protests risk spreading coronavirus, warns Hancock – video
The UK health secretary has said there is a risk of an increase in Covid-19 cases following the Black Lives Matter protests this weekend, while denying Britain is a racist…
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UK failure to lock down earlier cost many lives, top scientist says
One of the UK government’s leading scientific advisers has said the failure to enter lockdown sooner “has cost a lot of lives” and that Britain should not relax its guard,…