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‘My rabbi’s tools now include a phone’: UK Jewish burials changed by Covid-19
M inutes before the rabbi started intoning funeral prayers over a shrouded coffin, his phone rang. The dead man: 90 years old, a victim of coronavirus, had been lying in…
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Russia defends its ‘exceptionally precise’ Covid-19 death data
Russian officials have defended the country against claims that its unusually low mortality rate from Covid-19 is suspicious, saying its method of ascribing cause of death is “exceptionally precise”. Figures…
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South Dakota governor threatens to sue over Sioux’s coronavirus roadblocks
Native American tribes in South Dakota have vowed to keep operating checkpoints to protect their people from the coronavirus, despite threats of legal action from the Republican state governor. Navajo…
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WH Smith pins hopes on autumn rebound after 85% fall in sales
WH Smith is hoping for a revival in trade at its airport and railway station shops from this autumn after coronavirus lockdowns and travel restrictions prompted an 85% fall in…
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Is the antibody test approved by Public Health England a ‘game changer’?
What is the test that Public Health England (PHE) has approved? It is a lab-based test for antibodies in the blood of people who have had Covid-19 and recovered. It…
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Artists struggling to work amid coronavirus, says Rachel Whiteread
Visual artists are struggling to produce work and concentrate on projects along with the rest of the population, the Turner prize-winning sculptor Dame Rachel Whiteread has said. Even though artists…
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How coronavirus is reshaping Europe in dangerous ways
We are still in the early chapters of the Covid-19 story and it’s too soon to judge the full impact of the pandemic. But one can tentatively discern six negative…
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The coronavirus slayer! How Kerala’s rock star health minister helped save it from Covid-19
On 20 January, KK Shailaja phoned one of her medically trained deputies. She had read online about a dangerous new virus spreading in China. “Will it come to us?” she…
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Speed HK$10,000 handout to boost local economy or Hongkongers will spend it on travel, former minister says
The Hong Kong government should pay the promised HK$10,000 (US$1,290) handout for each permanent resident in June so that the money is spent locally to boost the city’s sagging economy,…
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Cats with no symptoms spread coronavirus to other cats in lab test
Cats can spread the new coronavirus to other cats without any of them ever having symptoms, a lab experiment suggests.Scientists who led the work, reported on Wednesday, say it shows…