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Coronavirus: WHO warns Covid ‘has not gone away’ with 1,000 dying each week in Europe
The World Health Organization’s European office warned the risk of Covid-19 has not gone away, saying it was still responsible for nearly 1,000 deaths a week in the region. Read…
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Hollywood loves a world-shaking disaster – so why is it still silent about Covid? | Zach Schonfeld
I want to see films that respond to our real-life experiences. But few film-makers are willing to tackle this shared trauma In March 2022, I went with some friends to…
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Calls for Victorian government to scrap Covid fines as data shows minority groups more likely to be penalised
Some community leaders say report is evidence of officers targeting people based on their ethnicity, which Victoria police rejects Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get…
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Covid and Grenfell families call for oversight of inquiry outcomes
Campaigners say mechanism is needed to ensure public inquiry recommendations are not ignored Covid bereaved families and Grenfell survivors are demanding greater enforcement of public inquiry recommendations to stop preventable…
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Victoria police accused of racial profiling, as data shows minority groups more likely to receive Covid fines
African, Middle Eastern and First Nations people up to four times more likely to be fined for Covid-19 breaches Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily…
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UK deferred pandemic planning as no-deal Brexit loomed, inquiry hears
Government knew in 2016 that major disease outbreak would overwhelm health system, documents suggest Ministers knew in 2016 that “even a moderate pandemic would overrun the system” and the government’s…
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‘We’re back to the 90s’: older female models struggle for work as brands play it safe post-Covid
Demand for older faces seemed to be here to stay – but models and agents say it has ‘dropped away’ since the pandemic Not long before Covid struck, 66-year-old model…