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Nicola Sturgeon leads criticism of UK’s new ‘stay alert’ coronavirus lockdown advice
No 10 has clarified its new “stay alert” advice will still ask people to stay at home as much as possible and keep 2 metres apart in public, after Nicola…
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‘You can’t recover from death’: Argentina’s Covid-19 response has been the opposite of Brazil’s
When Alberto Fernández took office as Argentina’s president in December, his inauguration was boycotted by Brazil’s hard-right leader, who dismissed Fernández and his vice-president, the two-time former president Cristina Fernández…
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Will Covid-19 mutate into a more dangerous virus?
As the coronavirus spreads around the world, there are concerns that it will mutate into a form that is more transmissible, more dangerous or both, potentially making the global health…
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Coronavirus Australia updates: anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne as NSW and WA set to ease Covid-19 restrictions – as it happened
We will leave our live Australian coverage there for the day. You can follow our rolling global coverage here or read a summary here. Here’s how things stand in Australia:…
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A return to work is on the cards. What are the fears and legal pitfalls?
Temperature tests, taped-off lifts and potential spikes in harassment complaints are all being examined by British businesses as they prepare for a slow and staggered return to work. Companies have…
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Food bank app makes up for a collapse in donations
For the UK’s foodbanks, the pandemic has presented a severe problem: as demand has surged, supplies have stalled. Lockdown has curtailed in-person donations and emptied supermarket shelves of tinned and…
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100 days later: How did Britain fail so badly in dealing with Covid-19?
It is 100 days since the first coronavirus case was confirmed in the UK on 31 January. The official death toll so far from the epidemic has topped 33,000 and…
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Can antibody testing deliver on promises to lift the lockdown?
At the Erasmus University Medical Centre in Rotterdam, Marion Koopmans and a team of scientists are going throught the laborious process of verifying antibody tests for Covid-19. Over the last…
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‘It isn’t over’: South Korea records 34 new Covid-19 cases, the highest in a month
South Korea has reported 34 new coronavirus cases, the highest daily number in a month, after a small outbreak emerged around a slew of nightclubs that a confirmed patient had…
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Elon Musk threatens to move Tesla HQ out of California over Covid-19 restrictions
Tesla is suing local authorities in California as the electric carmaker pushes to reopen its factory there and chief executive Elon Musk threatens to move the company’s headquarters to Texas…