COVID-19 Updates
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Vax Live concert in Los Angeles celebrates coronavirus campaign in US and abroad
A star-studded concert at SoFi Stadium on Sunday in Inglewood will be one of the first major in-person events in Los Angeles County since the Covid-19 pandemic forced a pause…
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US to launch talks with WTO on Covid-19 vaccine distribution
The US top trade negotiator will begin talks with the World Trade Organization on ways to overcome intellectual property issues that are keeping critically needed Covid-19 vaccines from being more…
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Biden adviser: president wears mask outdoors out of habit and Covid caution
CDC says vaccinated Americans can go mask-free outside Anita Dunn asked about Biden still covering his face A top White House adviser who made headlines for saying “Covid is the…
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Covid: political chaos and poverty leave South America at virus’s mercy
President Jair Bolsonaro’s prediction that the coronavirus crisis was nearing an end was misguided in Brazil and many of its neighbours Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage…
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UK to send 1,000 more ventilators to India to help with Covid crisis
Boris Johnson makes pledge prior to call on Tuesday with Narendra Modi that replaces cancelled visit Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Britain is to send a…
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‘We are ecstatic!’: a taste of post-Covid freedom at Liverpool pilot gig
Event at Sefton Park attended by 5,000 people with no distancing or masks as part of research programme Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The first “near-normal”…
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Peaky Blinders investigated over alleged breach of Covid protocols
Producers accused of putting crew at risk after staff member allegedly continued on set after positive test Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The hit BBC drama…
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Coronavirus: UK sends 1,000 more ventilators to India
The UK said on Sunday it was sending an extra 1,000 oxygen ventilators to Covid-struck India, as a group of doctors staged their own intervention by offering long-distance telemedicine from…
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The Guardian view on the G7 and the pandemic: pay up, to protect us all | Editorial
A campaign for rich countries to do their part, spearheaded by former prime minister Gordon Brown, must be heeded “Don’t treat this as our problem alone … Sooner or later,…
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Coronavirus: Singapore’s Tan Tock Seng Hospital cluster widens, 11 more infected
Singapore on Sunday registered 14 new cases of locally transmitted Covid-19 infection, of which 11 are linked to the cluster at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) where a nurse working…