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Rise in UK Covid admissions leading to hospital illness, absence and delays
Hospitals in southern England worst affected, with Devon recording highest ever numbers of Covid patients Rising numbers of people entering hospital with Covid are leading to other patients becoming infected,…
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Biden names Ashish Jha as new White House Covid-19 response coordinator
The well-known public health expert will be replacing Jeff Zients, who was appointed 14 months ago Joe Biden has selected a new White House Covid-19 response coordinator to help lead…
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‘Just not the right time’: Victoria urged to keep mask rules for key workers
Epidemiologists say calls by business to relax mask rules as case numbers escalate is ‘down the rabbit hole thinking’ Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Follow…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong police to help families collect bodies of loved ones in public hospitals from next week
Hong Kong police will be deployed to help residents collect bodies of their loved ones in public hospitals from next Monday, amid complaints that families were unable to do so…
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Coronavirus: China’s move to free up hospital resources welcomed by doctors
China’s revised Covid-19 treatment guidelines will reduce hospital stays, ease the burden on the health care system and bring “more confidence” in the battle against the virus, according to a…
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Man suspeced of throwing faeces inside Hong Kong isolation facility for coronavirus patients is arrested
Hong Kong police arrested a 27-year-old man on Thursday on suspicion of throwing faeces inside an isolation facility for Covid-19 patients in Fanling.A force insider said the suspect, who claimed…
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Coronavirus Hong Kong: one-fifth of fitness centres face closure under weight of business curbs, industry leader warns
Nearly one-fifth of Hong Kong’s fitness centres could permanently close as owners are struggling to pay business costs, an industry leader has warned, while trainers have been hunting for other…
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Cineworld reports loss despite James Bond and Spider-Man releases
Hollywood blockbusters help double revenue and narrow losses but Covid continues to affect chain Cineworld made a $708m (£537m) loss last year as Covid closures continued to hurt the world’s…
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David Harewood on the legacy of lockdown: We are watching the world around us unravel
After all filming was cancelled by Covid, the actor found himself taking a deep look at his life – and finding a new strength I was in Vancouver, in the…
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Coronavirus: How South Korea is beating Covid despite 600,000 new cases a day, highest in the world
South Korea has reached two seemingly contradictory pandemic milestones: It recorded more than 600,000 new Covid-19 infections on Thursday, the most of anywhere in the world. At the same time,…