COVID-19 Updates
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Why the Covid-19 years could make course of China’s flu spike hard to predict
Years of mask-wearing have led to a drop in flu antibodies but experts are hopeful seasonal influenza outbreak will ease in a month. Read the original article at South China…
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Return of mainland Chinese big spenders buoys Hong Kong businesses, from finance to fortune-telling
More than 1.1 million mainland Chinese visitors arrived in Hong Kong last month – up markedly from 280,525 in January. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Nicola Jennings on how Rishi Sunak can’t step free of past scandals – cartoon
Continue reading… Read the original article at The Guardian
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Simon Case called Boris Johnson ‘nationally distrusted figure’, Hancock leak shows
Cabinet secretary warned Matt Hancock that public unlikely to follow then PM on Covid isolation rules Simon Case, the most senior civil servant in the government, described Boris Johnson as…
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Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages: what are the latest disclosures?
Leak has provided unique insight into how UK government operated at height of the Covid pandemic The government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic has been thrust into the spotlight after…
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Matt Hancock plotted to oust NHS England chief, WhatsApp leak shows
Former health secretary conspired with Dominic Cummings to remove Simon Stevens in early 2020 Matt Hancock plotted to try and oust Sir Simon Stevens, a longtime thorn in the government’s…
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Anti-lockdowners are out in force, filling a Covid inquiry gap with bogus ideology | Sonia Sodha
Matt Hancock’s leaked messages are not the evidence we are waiting for. A government report into its own pandemic response is overdue A war of words played out over the…
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Boris Johnson is peddling new lies in a desperate attempt to save his skin | Andrew Rawnsley
Ludicrous claims that he was brought down by a leftwing conspiracy show how frightened he is I woz framed. Faced with overwhelming, slam-dunk, bang-to-rights evidence against him, the last resort…
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Matt Hancock wanted to ‘frighten everyone’ into following Covid rules
Latest batch of WhatsApp messages reveal discussions over when to ‘deploy’ details of new strain Matt Hancock told aides he wanted to “frighten the pants off everyone” to ensure compliance…