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UK economy slows more than expected as car production slumps
GDP rose by 0.1% in February, down from 0.8% in January, says ONS, after City economists had predicted 0.3% Opinion: calls to do more over UK slowdown will frustrate Sunak…
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Australia politics live updates: Albanese addresses rates mistake; Morrison backs trans women sports ban; phone voting for those in Covid isolation
The PM is in Gilmore in NSW, while Labor leader is in Bass in Tasmania; phone voting available for people in isolation on election day; Albanese addresses his rates stumble;…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong students, teachers will have to do daily rapid Covid tests when schools reopen; city confirms 1,407 new cases
Unvaccinated students will be barred from non-academic activities when face-to-face classes resume, city leader Carrie Lam says. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth says Covid-19 left her ‘very tired and exhausted’
The monarch spoke of serious fatigue in a video call with health workers and patients at a London hospital. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Coronavirus: Shanghai rewrites daily cases record for 10th day, adding 26,087 new infections as lockdown strains supply chains and daily lives
Chinese Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan had been in Shanghai for more than a week to oversee the anti-pandemic fight, as China’s top epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan said the city was “ unprepared…
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Sri Lanka nearly out of medicine as doctors warn toll from crisis could surpass Covid
Emergency surgery may soon be impossible, president told, while protests continue amid worsening economic downturn Sri Lanka’s doctors have warned they are almost out of life-saving medicines and say the…
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Covid left me ‘exhausted’, Queen tells bereaved couple
Monarch discusses experience with former Covid patient and wife during virtual visit to Royal London hospital The Queen has revealed she was left “very tired and exhausted” after her recent…
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Eric Adams, mayor of New York City, tests positive for Covid-19
Democrat found to have coronavirus on 100th day in office after busy week of public appearances Fauci: Biden protected by ‘pretty strong’ Covid protocols The mayor of New York City,…
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Shanghai discharges over 11,000 Covid patients as lockdown nears third week
Chinese city’s authorities say they have secured food and other essentials for residents after complaints about deliveries More than 11,000 recovered Covid-19 patients were discharged in Shanghai on Sunday, and…
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Feel sick but Covid negative? Here’s why
Why is it, in some cases, one member of a household tests positive to Covid-19 while those living with them may develop symptoms yet return negative tests? Medical editor Melissa…