COVID-19 Updates
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Are Covid passports a threat to liberty? It depends on how you define freedom | Maria Alvarez
The pandemic is once again causing governments to pit incompatible ideas of freedom against each other Now that the UK’s vaccination programme is beginning to offer an escape route out…
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Lockdowns have cost £22bn in lost sales, say British retailers
Shops are ready with greeters and special offers to make in-person shopping an ‘experience’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The British Retail Consortium estimated that lockdowns…
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Coronavirus: Britain could hit herd immunity by Monday, scientists say
Britain’s increased rates of Covid-19 immunity has raised the prospect of moving on from the worst of the pandemic, with some scientists saying the country could cross the so-called herd…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong health authorities expand evacuation order at Tuen Mun housing estate; city confirms 5 new cases
Hong Kong health authorities, acting on the advice of experts, have expanded the scope of a partial evacuation at a Tuen Mun housing estate at the centre of a new…
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‘These are our homes’: LA gay bars fight to stay afloat after year of shutdown
Historic queer institutions across southern California that have been safe spaces for LGBTQ+ crowds for decades are in danger of closing permanently Four iconic Los Angeles gay bars, touting a…
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How did the AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine go from ‘game changer’ to ‘under review’?
Cheap, highly effective and easier to distribute than rival jabs, the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine was hailed as a game-changer in the global fight against Covid-19.Months after it was first approved for…
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Coronavirus: Thailand to allow 7-day quarantine for vaccinated foreigners; India’s vaccine stocks run low
Thailand has approved a list of eight Covid-19 vaccine makers, including Sinovac Biotech and Pfizer, for foreign visitors seeking to shorten a mandatory quarantine on arrival.Visitors to Thailand will need…
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Victoria records first overseas coronavirus case since hotel quarantine overhaul
The state began accepting international arrivals on Thursday after two-month suspension caused by outbreaks linked to hotel quarantine program Victoria has recorded its first overseas Covid-19 case in hotel quarantine…
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New Zealand migrant workers suffer agony of Covid-driven family separation
People who emigrated before the pandemic struck have found themselves marooned from family for more than a year See all our coronavirus coverage Jacinda Ardern’s government has been urged to…