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Beijing man sends 5,000 people into quarantine after breaking Covid isolation
Actions spark angry reactions amid growing frustration with China’s zero-Covid policy though some restrictions begin to ease Read all our coronavirus coverage A Beijing man is under criminal investigation after…
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Coronavirus: Shanghai’s symptomatic cases fall to single digit as city resumes public transport and prepares to ease citywide lockdown
Shanghai’s government will formally lift the citywide lockdown on June 1, part of a “gradual” and “phased” process that will eventually return every aspect of work, life and business operations…
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Coronavirus: North Korea rolls back lockdown, says virus flare-up ‘controlled’ thanks to Kim Jong-un’s policies
Residents in Pyongyang were allowed to leave their homes for the first time since May 12 and business were slowly opening according to media reports on Sunday. Read the original…
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Medical research stalled as NHS focuses on small number of trials, experts say
Report outlines ‘research waste’ that occurred during the pandemic, with weakly designed trials exposing millions to unproven treatments Government efforts to focus NHS resources on a smaller number of well-designed…
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Minister disputes claims No 10 pushed Sue Gray to dilute Partygate report
Brandon Lewis ‘confident’ investigation was independent and she was not lobbied to alter details A senior minister has disputed claims Sue Gray was pressured to water down her report into…
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As the pandemic ebbs, long-haul Covid still drains patients and confounds doctors
Researchers still don’t know precisely how many get long Covid, what causes it or how best to treat it Emily Caffee, a physical therapist and lifelong athlete, cut her primary…
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Only the BBC would take on teaching our kids in a crisis. That’s its point | Jane Martinson
The broadcaster’s ‘savings’, which include making CBBC online only, are a wrong turn. It isn’t Netflix and shouldn’t try to be During the pandemic, when schools were shut and children…
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New Commons partygate inquiry poised to derail Tory conference
Privileges committee looks set to report in October, when Boris Johnson will be aiming to win back members’ trust A House of Commons inquiry over whether Boris Johnson misled MPs…
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Pacific nations ‘very positive’ on re-engagement, PM says – as it happened
Bushmaster reportedly destroyed in fighting in Ukraine; nation records 30 Covid deaths. This blog is now closed Anthony Albanese vows to ‘keep it real’ as he seeks good rapport with…
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Hong Kong to relax flight ban on June 1, tighten Covid-19 testing rules for travellers, as city confirms 237 infections
Airlines to be fined HK$20,000, receive warning, if flight suspension mechanism triggered for first time within 10 days should passengers fail to comply with boarding conditions. Read the original article…