COVID-19 Updates
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Two pandemics: as we ease up, virus sweeps the world’s poor
Latin America and Africa face new wave as politicians and scientists urge rescue packages Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage World leaders have been warned that unless…
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‘We’re just trying to survive’: what Africa risks from a new Covid wave
The continent is already reeling from the pandemic’s economic impact – but now officials fear it could suffer India’s fate Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Health…
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Riot police break up illegal party in Brussels park using tear gas and water cannon – video
Clashes erupted as riot police in Belgium used tear gas and water cannon to disperse revellers at an illegal party in Brussels’ Bois de la Cambre park. The event, dubbed…
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Extra testing to start in east London after overseas Covid variants detected
Officials say cases of South African and Brazilian variants picked up in Tower Hamlets Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Surge testing will begin in parts of…
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Hail car-park king Gareth Wild and his Covid-beating fantasy | Rebecca Nicholson
The story of the man who pulled into every spot at his local supermarket is the epitome of lockdown entertainment ‘This is quite you,” my girlfriend said, reading the story…
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Coronavirus-hit Italian tourism’s recovery hopes buoyed as Costa Cruises sets sail again
Italian cruise line Costa Cruises will take the seas on Saturday for the first time in more than four months, buoying an industry capsized by the Covid-19 pandemic.The flagship Costa…
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May Day protesters demand more job protections as pandemic pummels economies
Workers and union leaders dusted off loudhailers and flags that had stayed furled during coronavirus lockdowns for slimmed down but still boisterous May Day marches on Saturday, demanding more labour…
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Hungary reopens spas, gyms, pools for people holding coronavirus immunity cards
Hungary on Saturday loosened several Covid-19 restrictions for people with government-issued immunity cards, the latest in a series of reopening measures that have followed an ambitious vaccination campaign.As of Saturday,…
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Coronavirus: Maldives welcomes rich Indians, Bollywood stars even as others ban flights amid brutal second wave
The Maldives is still welcoming Bollywood stars and other rich Indians to its secluded beaches and crystal-clear lagoons even as countries ban flights because of a brutal Covid-19 surge.The Indian…
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While India is desperate for oxygen, its politicians deny there’s even a problem | Mukul Kesavan
As the second wave devastates India, there is a Nero-vian feel to it all: a smug, inert state indifferent to the smell of burning In India’s capital city, citizens are…