COVID-19 Updates
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Key workers in Scotland given exemption from self-isolation rules
Nicola Sturgeon announces move aimed at preventing staff shortages due to NHS Covid app notifications Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Workers in critical roles in Scotland…
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‘It’s incredibly poor’: Scottish islanders angry at failing ferry service
Ageing fleet hit by breakdowns and cancellations, with capacity low on services that do run due to Covid Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The perfume and…
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Australia’s most populous state declares ‘national emergency’ over Covid outbreak
New South Wales announces 136 new local Delta cases with Sydney under the strictest lockdown measures it has experienced Australia’s most populous state has declared a “national emergency” as it…
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Youth violence likely to explode over summer, UK experts fear
Long-term issues overlain with stress and isolation of Covid have set scene for ‘eruption’, charities say Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Experts and charities have raised…
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Karaoke fans find their voices again after Covid rules lifted in England
Operators say venues are jampacked as customers return in droves to ‘let off steam’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage It has gone from harmless pastime to…
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South Africa is close to breaking point and cannot truly embrace this Lions series | Craig Ray
Rugby has been pushed to the margins of national consciousness as the pandemic has increased poverty and civil unrest in an already deeply troubled nation As the Springboks and the…
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France fiasco to pingdemic U-turn: Boris Johnson’s week of chaos
In the last seven days the UK government has flailed from one controversy or misstep to the next Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Often, the political…
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Coronavirus: Taiwan eases lockdown as cases wane
Taiwan will ease its soft coronavirus lockdown from next week, with the number of daily reported Covid-19 infections falling in the past few weeks.The decision to lower the alert from…
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India’s famed ‘dabbawala’ food deliverymen tie up with restaurants to take on start-ups
After the Covid-19 pandemic shut offices and put Mumbai’s renowned lunchbox deliverymen out of work, the 130-year-old dabbawala network has tied up with a trendy restaurant chain to take on…
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NSW Covid outbreak: there are hints of what’s to come, and it doesn’t look good
As the strategy to quash the virus flounders, premier Gladys Berejiklian and chief health officer Kerry Chant pin their hopes on vaccines NSW Covid update: premier declares outbreak ‘national emergency’…