COVID-19 Updates
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UK economy predicted to grow at fastest rate since second world war
EY Item Club upgrades forecasts for 2021 after businesses adapted better to Covid controls See all our coronavirus coverage Britain’s economy is forecast to grow at the fastest rate since…
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Quality of support for UK over-50s who lost jobs in pandemic raises concerns
Resolution Foundation says new scheme favours younger people and many older unemployed could fall out of workforce for good Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Resolution…
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The ‘chatty rat’ and the lockdown leak: all you need to know
Dominic Cummings’ ‘nuclear’ blog post is likely to send shockwaves around Westminster for weeks The political fallout from Dominic Cummings’ latest incendiary blog post, which has been called a “nuclear…
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Battered by coronavirus pandemic, Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific plans to shrink order of Boeing’s latest 777X aircraft, sources say
Cathay Pacific Airways plans to shrink its order of Boeing’s newest marquee aircraft, the 777X, as the long-lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic trigger a rethink on the top-of-the-range commercial…
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Covid-19: how accurate are lateral flow tests?
LFTs may be cheap and offer rapid results, but there are concerns people may be falsely reassured if they test negative UK health regulator concerned over use of rapid tests…
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Why India’s worsening Covid crisis is a dire problem for the world
Analysis: Urgent supplies are needed to stem the rampant spread of infections in country of 1.4bn Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The catastrophe unfolding in India…
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Dozens of Iraqi coronavirus patients die in fire sparked by oxygen tank explosion
Iraq’s Interior Ministry on Sunday said that at least 82 people died and 110 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in the intensive care unit of a…
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Halfway there … the key numbers that tell the story of the UK’s vaccine drive
The government has hit both its self-imposed targets so far. How will it go the rest of the way? More than half of the UK population has now received at…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong labour minister defends Philippines flight ban in face of criticism; city confirms six new cases
Hong Kong’s labour minister has defended a 14-day flight ban imposed on the Philippines amid a rise in imported Covid-19 cases, saying fewer than 1,000 domestic workers have been affected.The…
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Coronavirus: US to send help to India; Tokyo sees third virus emergency
The United States says it is “deeply concerned” about the coronavirus situation in India and is planning to quickly deploy support to authorities and health workers, as the South Asian…