Coronavirus Latest News
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What’s up with India’s coronavirus lockdown: did it work and what’s the plan now?
Nearly six weeks after India’s government imposed a complete coronavirus lockdown on the country’s more than 1.3 billion residents, the jury is still out on whether the restrictions had the…
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‘How is this possible?’ Researchers grapple with Covid-19’s mysterious mechanism
Respiratory physician Dr David Darley says something peculiar happens to a small group of Covid-19 patients on day seven of their symptoms. “Up until the end of that first week,…
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Coronavirus vaccine: WHO to issue guidelines on proposed use of human challenge trials
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is planning to issue guidelines this month on a controversial approach to artificially expose volunteers to the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 in a bid to…
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UK coronavirus live: government insists it met 100,000 daily test target
This is from ITV’s Daniel Hewitt. He previously reported that hospices were set to run out of PPE “within days” because providers of end of life care were being denied…
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Coronavirus live news: Malaysia rounds up migrants as UN warns of crackdown on vulnerable
Birds’ seven-week reign in Madrid is coming to an end. By 9.30am on Saturday, the musings of blackbirds, the cooings of pigeons and the hooligan shrieks of parakeets had begun…
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UK commuters ‘may be asked to check temperature’ before travelling
UK commuters could be asked to check their temperatures at home before travelling under plans to ease the coronavirus lockdown being considered by the government. A change in physical distancing…
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Veteran online poker players cash in during lockdown surge
When Drew Layton dropped out of college in 2006 to play online poker full-time, it was a hard sell to his parents: “They were not thrilled,” he said. But 14…
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Coronavirus UK: how many confirmed cases are there in my area?
Please note: these are government figures on numbers of confirmed cases – some people who report symptoms are not being tested, and are not included in these counts. cases per…
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Coronavirus Australia news: AMA warns against starting NRL season too soon – as it happened
We’re closing our live coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic in Australia for the day. Thanks from me Graham Readfearn, and Melissa Davey who took you through most of the day’s…