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Nadine Dorries rides the airwaves to back PM amid ‘partygate’ row
Culture secretary leaps to defence of Boris Johnson in series of bizarre, sometimes awkward interviews As the weeks wear on following No 10’s “partygate” scandal and the number of Conservative…
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Booster campaign stalls as ‘partygate’ undermines trust in official advice
Hundreds still dying from Covid each day in the UK as fear of the virus wanes Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Covid booster campaign has…
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Covid-19 lockdowns ‘ill-founded’, had little effect on cutting death rates, Johns Hopkins study finds
Lockdowns have had little effect on reducing Covid-19 mortality while exacting “enormous economic and social costs”, a study by the Johns Hopkins University has concluded, calling for the rejection of…
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Covid news: Nadine Dorries says under pressure PM ‘very positive’; death toll in US hits 900k – live
UK culture secretary attacks those speaking out against Johnson over partygate; figures in US come less than two months after eclipsing 800,000 US Covid death toll surpasses 900,000 New Zealand…
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Peloton’s fortunes race downhill as fitness fans return to gyms
The exercise bike maker is worth less than a fifth of its $50bn valuation during global lockdown If Peloton wants to know why the lockdown boom in home exercise was…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong reviewing call to issue short-term subsidy for jobless residents, finance chief says
Hong Kong authorities have been reviewing a call by lawmakers and unionists for the government to issue a short-term subsidy for unemployed residents amid the current fifth wave of coronavirus…
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Coronavirus: Jockey Club work rider tests positive for Covid-19, Sunday’s Happy Valley races will still go ahead
Sunday’s Happy Valley meeting will proceed as planned despite a work rider from the Chris So Wai-yin yard testing positive for Covid-19, the first time during the pandemic a Jockey…
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Queensland records deadliest day of Covid pandemic as anti-vaccination protesters march in Canberra
Victoria records 41 new coronavirus deaths, NSW 18 and South Australia two Follow Guardian Australia’s live news blog Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Queensland reported…
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Coronavirus: bleak Lunar New Year for Hong Kong businesses as tightened restrictions dampen festive mood, keep people at home
There was no prosperous start to the Year of the Tiger for Hong Kong businesses as strict social-distancing rules and a surge in Covid-19 infections dampened the festive mood, keeping…