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Spain, once world’s pandemic epicentre, to treat Covid-19 like flu
Spain plans to treat a coronavirus infection almost like a normal illness similar to flu.Those who become infected with coronavirus and develop only mild symptoms of the disease or none…
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How Covid helped China tighten its hold on Hong Kong
Doctors from the mainland are treating patients and Chinese workers are building hospitals as Beijing’s presence is felt like never before See all our coronavirus coverage Traffic is busier than…
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How Hong Kong’s Covid-19 quarantine camps could be repurposed after the pandemic – World War II history offers examples
Desperate times, the truism wearily maintains, call for desperate measures. Hong Kong has finally proved to be no exception, as the Covid-19 pandemic trudges inexorably into its third year globally…
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Australia’s cost of living crisis is hurting ordinary households, and it won’t be over soon | Satyajit Das
Inflation is on the rise and in an election year, there’s very little politicians can do The cost of living crisis undermines the preferred election year narrative of a solid…
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Shanghai to lock down millions for mass testing as China’s Covid cases surge
China will shut down its largest city in two stages as it sticks to a ‘zero-Covid’ strategy amid growing outbreaks of the virus Read all our coronavirus coverage Shanghai will…
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Concern over low take-up of booster jabs by immunocompromised adults
Only 46% of adults in England eligible have had a fourth shot, with take-up varying by ethnicity See all our coronavirus coverage Less than half of the severely immunosuppressed adults…
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Childhoods have got worse in Britain, survey reveals
Charity says children’s futures blighted by Covid, mental health issues and financial hardship Childhoods have got worse in the UK, with the majority of adults believing children’s futures have been…
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Sydneysiders avoiding CBD after Covid ‘reset’ on working habits
Average weekday trips into city on public transport still down 55% compared with pre-pandemic levels Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app;…
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‘They didn’t die from Covid, but because of Covid’: the inseparable couple torn apart by the pandemic
Kathleen and John Every died in distressing circumstances during the pandemic – one after a short stint in a locked-down nursing home, the other in a busy hospital If living…
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Government paid firm linked to Tory peer £122m for PPE bought for £46m
PPE Medpro, which is linked to Michelle Mone, appears to have made huge profit on 25m gowns that were never used by NHS PPE the government bought for £122m from…