COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: with ‘lollipops’, Austria tests reluctant children for Covid-19
A newly developed, lollipop-shaped coronavirus test is being rolled out in some of Austria’s kindergartens as an alternative for youngsters who don’t take well to throat or nose swabs.Pupils –…
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Africa can’t ignore explosion in India’s coronavirus infections, AU health chief warns
The raging state of the Covid-19 pandemic in India is a wake-up call for Africa that its governments and citizens must not let their guards down, the African Union’s disease…
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This is the first Welsh Senedd election since devolution has come of age | Laura McAllister
Covid has elevated decisions made by the Welsh parliament to matters of life or death – but this should still be Labour’s election to lose Devolution is Wales’s dirty little…
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It won’t bring my dad back, but I want to know what Johnson really said about lockdown | Lydia Brian
Only a public inquiry will reveal how the government’s attitude affected pandemic policy Lydia Brian is a member of the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group When my sister told…
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Singapore, Hong Kong, US likely to be added to Britain’s holiday green list, Heathrow airport chief says
Britain could restart leisure travel with the US next month as part of a plan to reopen its borders, according to the head of London’s Heathrow airport.Progress on Covid-19 vaccinations…
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Will Malaysia dropping AstraZeneca from main inoculation drive fuel vaccine hesitancy?
Malaysia’s decision to exclude the AstraZeneca vaccine from its main Covid-19 inoculation drive is the latest vote of no-confidence in the jab, and complicates an already sluggish roll-out of vaccines…
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This French firm’s more variant-proof coronavirus vaccine could help in long-term fight against Covid-19
As the battle with Covid-19 rages around the world, a small French biotech has a possible solution for the long-term war against the virus and the rapidly spreading mutations.The company,…
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Covid has forced a neoliberal retreat. But state intervention isn’t always progressive | Laurie Macfarlane
We may be seeing the rise of a new authoritarian capitalism shielded from democratic scrutiny Thirteen years after the financial crisis put the global economy on life support, neoliberal capitalism…
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North Korea eyes new factory zone near Chinese border to save virus-hit economy
North Korea on Thursday said it would build an “export processing zone” near the border with China, in an apparent bid to recover trade with its ally following a year-long…
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Coronavirus: baffled restaurants opt out of Hong Kong ‘vaccine bubble’ on new system’s launch day
Many restaurants have chosen not to join Hong Kong’s new “vaccine bubble” to avoid burdening staff and customers, amid confusion over the rules and the post-launch release of official documents…