COVID-19 Updates
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Pandemic made 2020 ‘the year of the quiet ocean’, say scientists
Human-generated sounds faded substantially at height of Covid lockdown, studies show Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Covid-19 lockdown has produced the quietest year for the…
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‘It’s about keeping safe’: Peak District welcomes visitors as Mansfield cases rise
As Britain inches towards normality, school outbreaks reveal socially distanced caution still wise Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage On the coronavirus map of Britain, the Derbyshire…
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India’s coronavirus surge is being driven by ‘double mutant variant’, making containment even harder
As India’s daily tally of Covid-19 infections surged by a record 200,000-plus cases on two consecutive days, public health experts worry that a new – possibly more virulent – coronavirus…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong health officials warn Covid-19 epidemic picking up pace again as scores quarantined after man found with mutated strain
Hong Kong authorities have imposed their “toughest infection-control measures” to quarantine about 80 residents of a Jordan building for 21 days, after a man staying there was found to be…
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NSW Covid quarantine: viral sequence suggests coronavirus jumped between hotel rooms
Seven cases of returned travellers arriving from different countries at different times have the same viral sequence Covid-19 appears to have jumped between neighbouring rooms in hotel quarantine in Sydney…
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How India’s coronavirus trauma is being made worse by vaccine challenges and feckless decisions
India’s daily Covid-19 cases hit successive record highs this month to reach nearly 200,000 new cases a day as a rapid resurgence in infections pushed the country’s caseload to over…
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FTSE 100 closes above 7,000 for first time since Covid crash
Shares rise by more than 30 points as China reports record economic growth Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The FTSE 100 has closed above 7,000 for…
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Coronavirus live news: Italy to relax restrictions; Latvia offers mass jabs to clear AstraZeneca backlog – as it happened
Italian restrictions to ease in many areas from 26 April; Latvia offers vaccinations following hesitancy in older population Brazil health minister asks women ‘to delay pregnancy’ Germany removes UK from…
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Scott Morrison was so keen to own a successful vaccine rollout he forgot the downside risk of overseeing a debacle | Katharine Murphy
The prime minister wanted politically friendly GPs and pharmacies in charge so he didn’t have to deal with potentially prickly state premiers It’s not entirely clear how encouraging words cleared…
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Ontario gives police sweeping powers as Covid crisis spirals out of control
New measures to enforce stay-at-home order with hospitals ‘bursting at the seams’ but civil liberties campaigners cry foul Ontario has announced sweeping new police powers to enforce an extended stay-at-home…