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Glampsite worker to lorry driver: meet the Covid-19 job swappers
When Boris Johnson announced a lockdown that closed businesses across the country, millions of workers were uprooted from their jobs and facing loss of income. To make ends meet, people…
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As we emerge from the coronavirus pandemic, the world must invest in digital infrastructure as well as health care
With the force of a whirlwind, Covid-19 has visited its wrath on many countries, inflicting considerable damage – visible and invisible, physical and psychological. While many governments around the world…
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BAME campaigners urge UK government to tackle race inequalities after high Covid toll
A Covid-19 race equality strategy must be launched across Whitehall in the wake of growing evidence of inequalities amid the pandemic, a coalition of BAME campaigners, peers, academics and religious…
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Asymptomatic staff test Covid-19 positive at Somerset hospital
A hospital that has stopped accepting new patients in an attempt to halt the spread of Covid-19 on site has what its governing trust described as an “emerging picture” of…
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Coronavirus wage subsidies costing UK Treasury £22bn
A third of the British workforce is receiving wage subsidies at a cost of almost £22bn to the Treasury, according to the latest government figures. HMRC said that 1m employers…
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‘Thousands are in jeopardy’: freelance theatre-makers count cost of crisis
The Covid-19 crisis has exposed the precarious situation for the vast number of freelancers working in the theatre industry. “Thousands of them are now in jeopardy,” says Alex Clifton, artistic…
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Daily Star includes Dominic Cummings ‘do whatever the hell you want’ mask
The Daily Star has printed a cut-out-and-keep Dominic Cummings mask on its front page with a pledge that it will allow the wearer to “do whatever the hell you want”,…
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Working mothers interrupted more often than fathers in lockdown – study
Working mothers have been able to do only one hour of uninterrupted paid work for every three hours done by men during lockdown, according to a study that exposes the…
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Which kind of face mask will best protect you against coronavirus?
Does it matter what sort of mask you wear? Yes. Different types of mask offer different levels of protection. Surgical grade N95 respirators offer the highest level of protection against…
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Colombian designers prepare cardboard hospital beds that double as coffins
A cardboard hospital bed that doubles as a coffin may seem morbid, but as Latin America emerges as the latest coronavirus hotspot, doctors have suggested it may be an innovation…